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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … In this blog we briefly consider a new report from a European … to be superior to mitigation/suppression strategies in health and economic terms. Nevertheless, more data and a … the lowest mortality from COVID-19 and smaller than average declines in GDP, than 11 other OECD countries for …
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  • Politicians in Aotearoa NZ live longer than other Kiwis and the gap keeps widening

    … A just published study examined the lifespan of politicians in 11 high-income democratic countries – including Aotearoa … in life expectancy for Māori ranged from 2.5 to 7.9 years (average 4.7) and for non-Māori it ranged from 1.2 to 5.4 years (average 2.9 years). 13 This highlights the need for the NZ …
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  • Reducing salt in food good for health and NZ’s health budget – New research

    … In this blog post we report on a new study from the BODE 3 … into a wider context of how nutrition could be improved in NZ. This study was done given the high importance of … of food salt released to the national market to achieve an average adult intake of 2300 mg of sodium per day. Such an …
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  • Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?

    … Intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing, especially in "generative" AI tools like ChatGPT with new systems emerging frequently. Several recent reports in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) offer a roadmap for AI … performs.  Evaluating AI systems is crucial, particularly in healthcare, where accuracy directly impacts health …
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  • Lessons from Canada for NZ: Carbon, Cycling, Tobacco, Nutrition and Cannabis

    … of progressive public policies which can influence health. In this blog we briefly look at 6 potential lessons for NZ in the domains of: (i) responding to climate change; (ii) … for a NZ city is Nelson, at 7.2%, and we have a national average of only 2.5% (albeit from a 2009 study [8]). Canada’s …
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  • Update on Long-COVID

    … stand now across the world, we do not yet have systems in place to diagnose and manage the massive burden of the … discharge from hospital”. A cohort of 47,780 individuals (average age 65, 55% men) hospitalised with COVID-19 and … from 10 years of electronic health records. Over an average follow-up of 140 days, 29.4% (14,060 of 47,780) of …
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  • Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress

    … the enormous health and economic burden from tobacco in Aotearoa NZ is a health, health equity, and economic … Party, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori voted consistently in support of progressive smokefree legislation. The National Party voted in favour of progressive smokefree legislation most (70%) of …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … smoked tobacco products could have on smoking prevalence in Aotearoa New Zealand. A policy requiring that all smoked … nicotine free is one of the key proposals included in the Smokefree 2025 Action Plan Discussion Document that … 2023 Smoking and vaping prevalence trends (BAU) Recent average rates of decline in smoking prevalence (2011/12 to …
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  • Management of Auckland’s border and COVID-19

    … Auckland to other parts of NZ to help maintain elimination in those places (to give time for improved vaccination … who arrived from overseas this morning, or from an average Aucklander who happens to be there at the same time? … at the time of analysis (7 November 2021), the 7-day average number of new community cases per day was 138 in …
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  • An Official Inquiry into the Covid-19 Pandemic Response – It’s Time and it’s Vital

    … for a formal review of the Covid-19 pandemic response. In this blog we explain how it is now time to announce the … all sudden mass fatality events with 10+ deaths since 1936 in Aotearoa NZ have resulted in an official inquiry. Ensuring an inquiry has lasting …
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