Epidemiology of meningococcal disease in north america. by Pollard, A, Scheifele, D, Rosenstein, N

“…Invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis is one of the leading infectious causes of death in childhood in North America (1), but its prevention has not received the same priority on the health agenda as in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. There are several likely explanations, but the principal one is that disease incidence appears to be lower in both Canada (2) and the United States (3) than in some of these other countries (4,5). …”

Global epidemiology of meningococcal disease and vaccine efficacy. by Pollard, A

“…Throughout the past 200 years, epidemics of meningococcal infection have been noted in Europe, Africa, Asia, the United States, and New Zealand. The proportions of cases caused by the 5 predominant capsular types (A, B, C, Y, and W135) associated with the disease vary among different regions and within specific geographic areas with time. …”

Global epidemiology of meningococcal disease and vaccine efficacy by Pollard, A

“…Throughout the past 200 years, epidemics of meningococcal infection have been noted in Europe, Africa, Asia, the United States, and New Zealand. The proportions of cases cauesd by the 5 predominant capsular types (A, B, C, Y and W135) associated with the disease vary among different regions and within specific geographic areas with time. …”

What it takes to become an orthopaedic surgeon: a comparison of orthopaedic surgical training programmes in 10 countries focusing on structure and fellowship requirements by Ludwig, J, Jakobsen, RB, Charles, YP, Seifert, J, Incoll, I, Wood, ML, Parmar, D, Canter, R

“…<p><b>Methods </b></p> Countries of the Commonwealth Health Care Comparison: Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland were chosen to be compared. …”

Geomagnetic storms can trigger stroke: evidence from 6 large population-based studies in Europe and Australasia. by Feigin, V, Parmar, P, Barker-Collo, S, Bennett, D, Anderson, C, Thrift, A, Stegmayr, B, Rothwell, P, Giroud, M, Bejot, Y, Carvil, P, Krishnamurthi, R, Kasabov, N

“…METHODS: We used a time-stratified case-crossover study design to analyze individual participant and daily geomagnetic activity (as measured by Ap Index) data from several large population-based stroke incidence studies (with information on 11 453 patients with stroke collected during 16 031 764 person-years of observation) in New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, France, and Sweden conducted between 1981 and 2004. …”

Effects of home language environment and household crowding on early expressive language development by San San Kyaw, K, Tin Tin, S, Underwood, L, Grant, C

“…<p>OBJECTIVE:</p><p>This study examined prospective associations of the home language environment (HLE) and household crowding with expressive language development in 2-year-old children using the data from the Growing Up in New Zealand study, a population-based prospective cohort study.…”

Prophylaxis in healthcare workers during a pandemic: a model for a multi-centre international randomised controlled trial using Bayesian analyses by Bruce, P, Ainscough, K, Hatter, L, Braithwaite, I, Berry, LR, Fitzgerald, M, Hills, T, Brickell, K, Cosgrave, D, Semprini, A, Morpeth, S, Berry, S, Doran, P, Young, P, Beasley, R, Nichol, A

“…<br><strong> Methods<br></strong> We initially planned to undertake a multicentre, phase III, parallel-group, open-label RCT, to determine if hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) taken once a week was effective in preventing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in healthcare workers (HCW) aged ≥ 18 years in New Zealand (NZ) and Ireland. Participants were to be randomised 2:1 to either HCQ (800 mg stat then 400 mg weekly) or no prophylaxis. …”