Preparing for the next pandemic: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand’s Covid-19 response DOI Creative Commons
Nigel French, Hazel Maxwell, Michael G. Baker

et al.

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 56, P. 101525 - 101525

Published: March 1, 2025

In 2020 Aotearoa New Zealand, like many other countries, faced the coronavirus pandemic armed with an influenza-based plan. The country adapted rapidly to mount a highly strategic and effective elimination response SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. However, implementation was hampered by gaps in preparedness. These undermined effectiveness of exacerbated inequitable impacts both Covid-19 disease control measures. Our review examines response, reflecting on strengths, limitations implications for planning. We identify three key areas improvement: 1) development systematised procedure risk assessment new pathogen; 2) investment essential capabilities during inter-pandemic periods; 3) building equity into all stages response. present typology potential pathogens scenarios describe evidence process core required countries respond fluidly, equitably, effectively emerging threat.

Language: Английский

An evaluation of the COVID-19 self-service digital contact tracing system in New Zealand DOI Creative Commons
Tim Chambers, Andrew Anglemyer, Andrew Chen

et al.

Health Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 144, P. 105073 - 105073

Published: April 17, 2024

Digital contact tracing (DCT) aims to improve time-to-isolation (timeliness) and find more potentially exposed individuals (sensitivity) enhance the utility of tracing. The aim this study was evaluate public uptake a DCT self-service survey its integration with Bluetooth exposure notification system within New Zealand Covid Tracer App (NZCTA). We adopted retrospective cohort design using community COVID-19 cases from February 2022 August in (1.2 million cases). examined proportion completing time complete by age, sex ethnicity. Overall, 66% completed their survey. Completion influenced median completion 1.8 hours (IQR 0.2, 17.2), 95% those doing so 48 case identification. Around 13% all completers also uploaded data, which resulted an average 663 per day notifying 4.5 contacts case. combination high rapid response times suggest could be useful tool for future outbreaks, particularly if implemented conjunction manual processes other tools (e.g. Bluetooth) address issues related performance (sensitivity, timeliness), effectiveness, health equity.

Language: Английский

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Preparing for the next pandemic: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand’s Covid-19 response DOI Creative Commons
Nigel French, Hazel Maxwell, Michael G. Baker

et al.

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 56, P. 101525 - 101525

Published: March 1, 2025

In 2020 Aotearoa New Zealand, like many other countries, faced the coronavirus pandemic armed with an influenza-based plan. The country adapted rapidly to mount a highly strategic and effective elimination response SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. However, implementation was hampered by gaps in preparedness. These undermined effectiveness of exacerbated inequitable impacts both Covid-19 disease control measures. Our review examines response, reflecting on strengths, limitations implications for planning. We identify three key areas improvement: 1) development systematised procedure risk assessment new pathogen; 2) investment essential capabilities during inter-pandemic periods; 3) building equity into all stages response. present typology potential pathogens scenarios describe evidence process core required countries respond fluidly, equitably, effectively emerging threat.

Language: Английский

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