An urgent call for governments to improve pandemic communications, and address health literacy concerns
The COVID-19 crisis is highlighting an urgent need to improve the health literacy of our institution... Read more
The COVID-19 crisis is highlighting an urgent need to improve the health literacy of our institutions and the public, according to the authors below. Millions of Australians do not have sufficient hea... Read more
To help us through these stressful pandemic times, Croakey Health Media is launching an online chair yoga class for our readers and others to join. Hosted by Paula O’Connell, the classes will be held... Read more
A small silver lining for Australia as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic is that we are relatively “late to the party”. We can learn from what has worked, and what has not, in other places. An ongoi... Read more
Listen to the latest #CroakeyVOICES podcast. Episode 2: Journalism Jeopardy and Patient 31 – lessons from South Korea https://media.whooshkaa.com/show/11819/episode/612511.mp3 COVID19 is fuelling a co... Read more
Late last month, the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres issued a call for an “immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world” amid the coronavirus pandemic. (You can watch it he... Read more
News reports have revealed glaring inequities in management of the COVID-19 pandemic, with returned overseas travellers hosted in quality hotel accommodation, while overcrowded housing presents a thre... Read more
The Federal Government published its landmark pandemic planning blueprint for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities this week, laying out key principles, messages and considerations for pr... Read more
In the first of a two-part series profiling the concerns of health workers on the COVID-19 frontlines, Marie McInerney reports that they are gearing up for the expected surge of patients, and worrying... Read more
Stephen Duckett, Anika Stobart and Will Mackey write: The growth in COVID-19 cases in Australia appears to have slowed across all states, through a combination of tighter border control and spatial di... Read more
In an occasional series, public health researcher Alison Barrett reports on key public health and scientific publications and developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 gives the lie to global he... Read more
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