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  • Media release: Covid-19 vaccines work, but we need to do more to get the most out of them

    … infectious disease experts say we could get even better public health value from the vaccines. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , Professor John Potter …
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  • Potential impact of an Omicron outbreak: A look at the IHME modelling for NZ

    … variant outbreak of Covid-19 in NZ by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. This work suggests that in an … we look at the results of modelling by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of … * Author details: All authors are with the Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington.   … Potential …
    Briefing

  • How to best describe NZ’s border control problems around COVID-19 with a possible typology

    … the community and corrective action is needed to protect public health. A typology for describing problems within NZ’s border … to improved performance and better protection of public health. At the same time, we also consider it …
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  • The growing burden of dementia in Aotearoa: Scope for prevention

    … is expected to double in the next 20 years – a major health and economic issue. Since age is the biggest risk … poverty and social disadvantage. Targeted legislative and public health measures reducing availability and marketing of … population-level approaches.  Targeted legislative and public health policies can shift sociocultural norms and …
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  • A kinder way to deliver penicillin for rheumatic fever: Shouldn’t children have this choice?

    … rheumatic fever continues to drive inequitable health outcomes, including rheumatic heart disease, … details   Assoc Prof  Julie Bennett , Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke | University of … Coast and Hutt Valley Julie Cooper , Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke | University of …
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  • Reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission through the use of air purifiers

    … and purification of indoor air needs to be used alongside public health measures, such as vaccination, staying home when … and mask wearing, air purification can be part of a plan to reduce the potential for indoor airborne transmission …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … Summary Alcohol is one of the major causes of health loss in Aotearoa NZ. It is now available at people's … an off-licence, requiring services to have a delivery plan with certain criteria. Yet another proposal is to … Authors details Shauni Burke - postgraduate public health student at Massey University  Christine …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … to be superior to mitigation/suppression strategies in health and economic terms. Nevertheless, more data and a … costs of different COVID-19 control strategies. The likely health and economic benefits of using an elimination strategy … allowed the virus to spread to such an extent that their health systems were saturated (-4.5% versus -11.7%).” Also, …
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  • When can COVID-19 be Declared Eliminated from NZ? New Modelling Study

    … 44 days. So now the country urgently needs the Ministry of Health to provide an official definition of elimination and to upgrade the data on its website so that the public, the media and researchers can monitor progress … and to upgrade the data on its website so that the public, the media and researchers can monitor progress …
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  • Improving NZ Government communication about COVID-19: Five suggestions

    … by the Prime Minister and the Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield), extensive social media … to the following problems: Delayed release to the public of important documents on the pandemic response – … and in MIQ facilities, and then with the operation of public health services in the NZ community. As such, when a …
    Briefing

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