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Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality by Headey, Derek, Heidkamp, Rebecca, Osendarp, Saskia, Ruel, Marie, Scott, Nick, Black, Robert, Shekar, Meera, Bouis, Howarth, Flory, Augustin, Haddad, Lawrence, Walker, Neff

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Motivations for crystal methamphetamine-opioid co-injection/co-use amongst community-recruited people who inject drugs: a qualitative study by Palmer, Anna, Scott, Nick, Dietze, Paul, Higgs, Peter

“…We report on motivations for crystal methamphetamine-opioid co-use/co-injection through narratives of people who inject drugs during a period of increased…”
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The COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate maternal and child undernutrition and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries by Osendarp, Saskia, Akuoku, Jonathan Kweku, Black, Robert E, Headey, Derek, Ruel, Marie, Scott, Nick, Shekar, Meera, Walker, Neff, Flory, Augustin, Haddad, Lawrence, Laborde, David, Stegmuller, Angela, Thomas, Milan, Heidkamp, Rebecca

“…The economic crisis and food and health system disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to exacerbate undernutrition in low- and middle-income…”
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The introduction of a mandatory mask policy was associated with significantly reduced COVID-19 cases in a major metropolitan city by Scott, Nick, Saul, Allan, Spelman, Tim, Stoove, Mark, Pedrana, Alisa, Saeri, Alexander, Grundy, Emily, Smith, Liam, Toole, Michael, McIntyre, Chandini Raina, Crabb, Brendan S, Hellard, Margaret

“…Whilst evidence of use of face masks in reducing COVID-19 cases is increasing, the impact of mandatory use across a large population has been difficult to…”
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Health and economic benefits of achieving hepatitis C virus elimination in Pakistan: A modelling study and economic analysis by Lim, Aaron G, Scott, Nick, Walker, Josephine G, Hamid, Saeed, Hellard, Margaret, Vickerman, Peter

“…Modelling suggests that achieving the WHO incidence target for hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination in Pakistan could cost US$3.87 billion over 2018 to 2030…”
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The impact of three progressively introduced interventions on second wave daily COVID-19 case numbers in Melbourne, Australia by Saul, Allan, Scott, Nick, Spelman, Tim, Crabb, Brendan S, Hellard, Margaret

“…The city of Melbourne, Australia experienced two waves of the COVID-19 epidemic peaking, the first in March and a more substantial wave in July 2020. During…”
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Ending malnutrition in all its forms requires scaling up proven nutrition interventions and much more: a 129-country analysis by Scott, Nick, Delport, Dominic, Hainsworth, Samuel, Pearson, Ruth, Morgan, Christopher, Huang, Shan, Akuoku, Jonathan K, Piwoz, Ellen, Shekar, Meera, Levin, Carol, Toole, Mike, Homer, Caroline Se

“…Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.2 calls for an end to all forms of malnutrition, with 2025 targets of a 40% reduction in stunting (relative to 2012), for…”
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Profiling Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission and the resulting disease burden in the five highest tuberculosis burden countries by Ragonnet, Romain, Trauer, James M, Geard, Nicholas, Scott, Nick, McBryde, Emma S

“…Tuberculosis (TB) control efforts are hampered by an imperfect understanding of TB epidemiology. The true age distribution of disease is unknown because a…”
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Critical timing and extent of public health interventions to control outbreaks dominated by SARS-CoV-2 variants in Australia: a mathematical modelling study by Zou, Zhuoru, Fairley, Christopher K., Shen, Mingwang, Scott, Nick, Xu, Xianglong, Li, Zengbin, Li, Rui, Zhuang, Guihua, Zhang, Lei

“…•Social distancing and face mask use could reduce the effective reproduction number (Re) to 1 in wildtype epidemics.•Containing wildtype epidemics required…”
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The Potential Impact of a Hepatitis C Vaccine for People Who Inject Drugs: Is a Vaccine Needed in the Age of Direct-Acting Antivirals? by Stone, Jack, Martin, Natasha K, Hickman, Matthew, Hellard, Margaret, Scott, Nick, McBryde, Emma, Drummer, Heidi, Vickerman, Peter

“…The advent of highly effective hepatitis C (HCV) treatments has questioned the need for a vaccine to control HCV amongst people who inject drugs (PWID)…”
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COVID-19 epidemic modelling for policy decision support in Victoria, Australia 2020-2021 by Scott, Nick, Abeysuriya, Romesh G, Delport, Dominic, Sacks-Davis, Rachel, Nolan, Jonathan, West, Daniel, Sutton, Brett, Wallace, Euan M, Hellard, Margaret

“…Policy responses to COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia over 2020-2021 have been supported by evidence generated through mathematical modelling. This study…”
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Additional resource needs for viral hepatitis elimination through universal health coverage: projections in 67 low-income and middle-income countries, 2016–30 by Tordrup, David, Hutin, Yvan, Stenberg, Karin, Lauer, Jeremy A, Hutton, David W, Toy, Mehlika, Scott, Nick, Bulterys, Marc, Ball, Andrew, Hirnschall, Gottfried

“…The World Health Assembly calls for elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 (ie, −90% incidence and −65% mortality). However, WHO's…”
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Preventing a cluster from becoming a new wave in settings with zero community COVID-19 cases by Abeysuriya, Romesh G, Delport, Dominic, Stuart, Robyn M, Sacks-Davis, Rachel, Kerr, Cliff C, Mistry, Dina, Klein, Daniel J, Hellard, Margaret, Scott, Nick

“…In settings with zero community transmission, any new SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks are likely to be the result of random incursions. The level of restrictions in place…”
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Mathematical Modeling for Removing Border Entry and Quarantine Requirements for COVID-19, Vanuatu by van Gemert, Caroline, Tarivonda, Len, Tapo, Posikai Samuel, Natuman, Sereana, Clark, Geoff, Mariasua, Joanne, Scott, Nick, Craig, Adam, Abel, Myriam, Cornish, Matthew J, Hellard, Margaret, Sacks-Davis, Rachel

“…The Pacific Island country of Vanuatu is considering strategies to remove border restrictions implemented during 2020 to prevent imported coronavirus disease…”
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Black-Bans and Black Eyes: Implications of the 1971 Springbok Rugby Tour by Scott, Nick

“…The 1971 Springbok rugby tour has become infamous for disruptive anti-apartheid protests, which culminated in the declaration of a State of Emergency in…”
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Frequent and unpredictable changes in COVID-19 policies and restrictions reduce the accuracy of model forecasts by Houdroge, Farah, Palmer, Anna, Delport, Dominic, Walsh, Tom, Kelly, Sherrie L., Hainsworth, Samuel W., Abeysuriya, Romesh, Stuart, Robyn M., Kerr, Cliff C., Coplan, Paul, Wilson, David P., Scott, Nick

“…Between June and August 2020, an agent-based model was used to project rates of COVID-19 infection incidence and cases diagnosed as positive from 15 September…”
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Modelling the Impact of Condom Distribution on the Incidence and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in an Adult Male Prison System by Scott, Nick, McBryde, Emma, Kirwan, Amy, Stoové, Mark

“…To determine the effects of 1) a condom distribution program and 2) a condom distribution program combined with opt-out sexually transmitted infection (STI)…”
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Implications of population-level immunity for the emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria: a mathematical model by Scott, Nick, Ataide, Ricardo, Wilson, David P, Hellard, Margaret, Price, Ric N, Simpson, Julie A, Fowkes, Freya J I

“…Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in the Greater Mekong Subregion, an area of relatively low transmission, but has yet to be reported in…”
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The case for a universal hepatitis C vaccine to achieve hepatitis C elimination by Scott, Nick, Wilson, David P, Thompson, Alexander J, Barnes, Eleanor, El-Sayed, Manal, Benzaken, Adele Schwartz, Drummer, Heidi E, Hellard, Margaret E

“…The introduction of highly effective direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C has led to calls to eliminate it as a public health threat through…”
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Role of masks, testing and contact tracing in preventing COVID-19 resurgences: a case study from New South Wales, Australia by Stuart, Robyn M, Abeysuriya, Romesh G, Kerr, Cliff C, Mistry, Dina, Klein, Dan J, Gray, Richard T, Hellard, Margaret, Scott, Nick

“…ObjectivesThe early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic illustrated that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, has the potential to spread exponentially…”
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