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Rates of obesity are high among Aboriginal children, but there is a lack of policies, guidelines and programs to tackle the issue, according to a new paper published in Public Health Research & Pr... Read more
As Australia’s National Bowel Cancer Screening Program approaches full implementation in 2020, a new standard for colonoscopy care is “a game changer” in assuring the appropriateness, safe... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The smoke blanketing Sydney and wider NSW is creating a public health emergency that demands a national response, according to a senior emergency physician. Dr Simon Judkins,... Read more
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family violence leaders were on Wednesday urgently seeking a meeting with the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, over the shock defunding of the Nati... Read more
Lesley Russell writes: Across Australia around 5,700 community pharmacies are responsible for dispensing the majority of prescriptions subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). These... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As the Federal and NSW Governments come under growing pressure to respond to the public health emergency of bushfires and smoke, with Sydney experiencing widespread disruption... Read more
Asking about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ‘identity’ rather than about ‘origin’ could improve the quality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data and “begin to reflect reality, ra... Read more
Much of Australia will experience low-intensity to severe heatwaves this week, according to Bureau of Metereology forecasts that provide a timely reminder of the importance of a focus on #HeatwaveHeal... Read more
The crisis in Emergency Departments is causing harm to patients and staff, and transformative health system re-design is urgently needed, according to a series of articles published recently at Croake... Read more
Please download, read and share this 49-page report compiling our coverage from the recent Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) biennial conference in Melbourne. Marie McInerney covered... Read more
