A landmark development for action on climate and health: who will now seize the moment?
Without urgent action on climate change, the conditions that underpin the health and well-being of t... Read more
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Without urgent action on climate change, the conditions that underpin the health and well-being of the human population will be greatly diminished in coming decades, and may only be available to a sma... Read more
My decade leading the WHO: dirty fights and steps toward universal coverage As a young doctor working in Hong Kong’s department of maternal and child health, I learned some lessons that would la... Read more
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has backed calls for a new national standard to ensure health services plan for and address the impacts of climate change upon healthcare. Th... Read more
Let’s spend billions of dollars widening the social, economic and health gap between people who are already quite privileged and those who are not so well off. Is that what we’re doing wit... Read more
In years to come, will we look back on this week as a critical turning point for efforts to advance health and climate policy action within Australia? This Thursday, a National Strategy for Climate, H... Read more
Not surprisingly, the headlines were fierce when a recent Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report revealed that patients in public hospitals with private health insurance have shorter waitin... Read more
The National Rural Health Commissioner must be independent, impartial and “a fearless champion” who is passionate about improving health outcomes in regional, rural and remote Australia. That was the... Read more
This edition of The Health Wrap is compiled by Megan Howe, Publications Manager at the Sax Institute. Enjoy the wrap and don’t forget to tweet us @SaxInstitute if you have any ideas you’d like to shar... Read more
Reducing cost of living pressures for Australians living outside the major cities and improving training pathways for rural generalists ought to be major priorities for the new National Rural Health C... Read more
Australia spends just $89 per person per year on preventative health, significantly less than international peers, and must commit more if it wishes to stave off budget blowouts related to chronic dis... Read more
