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The maths and ethics of minimising COVID-19 deaths in NZ
… The NZ Government must do more to clearly articulate its … of both these strategies. In this blog we adapt our work for Australia (just published in this blog ) to the NZ … 60 year’s old really well. Let’s assume by epidemic’s end only 20% people over 60 have been infected. The corollary is …
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A Statue of Merit: Dr Margaret Cruickshank and the 1918 influenza pandemic
… statues are getting bad press at present – and rightly so for the confederate military statues which represent the racist … commemorating the racist Confederate leaders of the American Civil War are getting bad press at present in the …
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Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand
… of age has been falling and is now 83% overall, and 69% for Māori children. This is far below the 95% target level needed to maintain measles elimination. … NZ children were fully immunised by two years of age, with only 42% of Māori and 45% of Pacific children immunised. 8 …
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Breaking the inequity loop
… Summary History shows us that the best way to improve Māori health is to support Māori to … politicians. The all-of-population approach has failed for more than a century to address Māori health inequalities. … of Māori population size from back then – they’re only best-guesses, since even in 2023 we’re still trying to …
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Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health
… The 16 th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCToH) has … We start with a key highlight of this Conference for New Zealand being the Luther Terry award for Outstanding … as revealed in the Tobacco Control Atlas (for example only 16% of the world’s population is covered by …
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Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system
… Summary How will the next Government address the challenge of moving to a low … as they are published. Transport is crucially important for population and planetary health. Through the pathways of … we reduce them. 2,3 Our current transport system is not only unhealthy but inequitable. Parts of the population are …
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NZ’s “Team of 5 million” has achieved the lowest COVID-19 death rate in the OECD – but there are still gaps in our pandemic response
… pandemic out of 37 OECD countries and appears to be the only one to succeed with elimination at a national level. But … to support contact tracing; (iv) testing & surveillance for early outbreak detection; (v) the kinds of policies, … also maintained a high level of support from the public, scientific and business communities and avoided the kind of …
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Will the Health Star Rating labels improve people’s diets?
… Governments accepted an expert panel’s recommendation for interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labels (FOPL), but … of the outcome of recommendation 50. The MTL system is only one approach to interpretive FoPL, and all other … star label early. The small Monster Health Food Co, which makes seven types of muesli products, told reporters their …
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Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action urgently needed
… changes in health, collectively known as Long Covid. With only four years of follow-up time to observe this evolving … fully referenced in the review, which is reproduced below for full transparency ( Appendix 1 ). Key findings to guide a … In this Report, we highlight key features from the scientific literature that indicate the necessary scope and …
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A 100 years ago today a death ship from NZ arrived in Samoa: A reminder of NZ’s responsibilities to its South Pacific neighbours
… Today is the 100 th anniversary of the arrival of the SS Talune in … Helen Clark, there has been an official apology to Samoa for NZ’s negligent role in this disaster. In this blog we … very stark contrast to the maritime quarantine applied to American Samoa – which successfully kept out the pandemic and …
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