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  • Fighting cold, damp housing – a big tick for Warmer Kiwi programme

    … shows heat pumps are effective in reducing electricity use, result in warmer, drier living areas in winter, and can … programme and found using heat pumps reduces electricity use by 16 percent on average over winter months and is … gas heaters, meaning the real reductions in overall energy use were even greater. The figure below (from the study’s …
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  • COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ

    … of the Delta/Omicron variants, population demographics, use of public health measures, vaccination levels (and … a peak ICU demand of 90, although this rises to 136 if we use the NSW based figures for NZ. Although both these … given a recent report suggesting that given current ICU use, there remains only 108 ICU beds available nationally. …
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  • Tighter controls on vape marketing due, but gaps remain

    … remarkable that vaping product manufacturers may currently use these promotions, which are reminiscent of the … and avoid defection to other brands.  We found widespread use of giveaways and sponsorship when vaping products were … someone who is not already an existing customer to use a vaping product.    …
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  • Media release: A call for strong leadership to reduce NZ’s dangerously high antibiotic use

    … support for efforts to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in NZ, Dr Thomas says neither organisation has provided … Thomas estimates as much as half of community antibiotic use in New Zealand is for people who have self-limiting viral … leadership to reduce NZ’s dangerously high antibiotic use …
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  • Monitoring CO2 indoors for improving ventilation as a Covid-19 control tool

    … low levels of ventilation. In this blog, we discuss how to use carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) measures as a proxy for estimating … poor ventilation. But a more reliable method is to use a monitor to measure levels of CO 2 in the air. CO 2 is … air before it is vacated or before it is re-occupied. Mis-use of CO 2 monitors There are reports from overseas of …
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  • Earth Overshoot Day: Should Aotearoa New Zealand be more like Uruguay?

    … a range of policies to minimize unsustainable resource use in NZ , including: those promoting renewable energy … include policies on energy, transportation, and land use.  Figure 1. Country overshoot days infographic   This … an economy with substantial agricultural exports, and high use of renewable electricity. Both are high-income countries, …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … vaping may have on public health. The first estimates that use of modern vaping devices could be around a third as … be pursued that maximise the benefits (supporting its use as a complete substitute among people who smoke) and … the advice and support available to people who smoke to use vaping to quit smoking or switch completely to vaping. To …
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  • The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?

    … technologies for identifying potential cases, mass mask use, and clear quarantine rules. 1-3 Our previously published … until May 2020. 6, 7 By contrast, Taiwan was able to use both manual and digital approaches from January 2020 … of COVID-19”. However, Taiwan continues to avoid the use of a national lockdown (as the threshold has not yet been …
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  • Changes in mobility in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: NZ vs other countries and the stories it suggests

    … The latter two settings demonstrate how rapid and early use of various disease control measures may even allow for … with non-essential activity discouraged or disallowed. Use of Google data to track mobility reduction Google has … measures such as lock-downs. One major source is use of mobile phone data [4]. Banking records (electronic …
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  • The arrival of Candida auris in Aotearoa NZ: risk assessment and actions needed

    … 1 2  Invasive C. auris infections can result from the use of invasive medical devices that are contaminated with C. … in the room, appropriate waste and linen handling and the use of disinfectants with sporicidal activity to clean … estimates ranging from 30-70%. 3-7 Controllability The use of disinfectants with sporicidal activity will be …
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