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  • Despite improved WHO regulations, the world remains ill-prepared for the next pandemic

    … Health Regulations (IHR), these changes are insufficient on their own. Especially as the risk of another pandemic like Covid-19 is growing.  The IHR … detection of “pandemic emergencies”, greater preparedness, and additional competencies such as risk communication and …
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  • Covid-19 was no black swan, but a paradigmatic black elephant

    … In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, everybody now knows that: Warnings … organisations such as the UN, WHO, World Bank, and organisations such as the US National Academy of Sciences … action plans (New Zealand’s included) focused solely on influenza. A coronavirus pandemic simply wasn’t foreseen …
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  • NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States

    … has involved comparing NZ’s COVID-19 response with a range of other jurisdictions, especially: Australia, Taiwan and the US. In this blog we update the data comparisons for … NZ with its ongoing response. Previously we have reported on OECD country data with NZ having the lowest mortality rate …
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  • ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed

    … to provide world-leading, universal, no-fault compensation and rehabilitation for personal injury. While ACC has … its injury prevention efforts often focus narrowly on individual behaviour rather than systemic factors. … direction would be a worthy advance to celebrate 50 years of serving Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The Accident …
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  • Public health priorities in this election year

    … Public Health Priorities Series, which highlights a range of public health challenges linked by a need for … achieved by the wonderful fusion of public health evidence and progressive Government policy.  The other issues … made by those in power will have wide-ranging effects on the health and well-being of all New Zealanders and the …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: Perspectives from young people

    … Aotearoa New Zealand’s Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill … (SFG) policy; over time, this policy would end sales of smoked tobacco products. Although supported by health … the sale of smoked tobacco products to anyone born on or after a specified date, which is proposed as 01 January …
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  • A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’

    … for health’. In this blog, we discuss what a new network of university researchers and NGOs are developing to get us on the road to implementation of smart food policies in New …
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  • NZ’s long-running Campylobacter epidemic from poultry: Now with antibiotic resistance

    … Added to this problem is the recent rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in these Campylobacter infections … poultry. In this blog we briefly detail these problems and explore potential solutions: (i) build on the past NZ success of regulating lower contamination …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … In this blog, we discuss the uncertainties and suggest a way forward for New Zealand.   Lung cancer … it is the most deadly cancer, accounting for almost 20% of all cancer deaths in New Zealand. Lung cancer carries such … have been more cautious. Decisions may be dependent on the results of the Dutch Belgian randomised lung cancer …
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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … Are smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation well-designed? We were involved in a … individuals need support to change. Rapid evolution of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) offers ever … [6], including for Māori [7]. We also noted NZ work on smartphone-mediated cardiovascular management [8,9]. But …
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