Trying to make sense of the plans for US health care reform is a bit like, as one observer told Croakey, “snorkelling through mud”. Below are some links to articles that fill in some of the... Read more
We heard on the news earlier this week that a Queanbeyan doctor put the skids under the PM’s health reform sales bandwagon, by suggesting he should take a leaf out of Cuba’s book. Cuba achie... Read more
Further to the recent Croakey post asking whether the Australian health sector is dragging the chain on climate change, here are some some tips for what health organisations can do. They com... Read more
There are plenty of interesting snippets about the health sector and its role in both contributing to and mitigating carbon emissions in the latest edition of the NSW Public Health Bulletin.... Read more
England has had the Marmot Review, which was commissioned to help shape a policy response to the landmark 2008 report from the WHO’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (CS... Read more
As previously reported at Croakey, the Council of Europe this week convened a public hearing titled “Faked pandemics: a threat to public health”. Here is what the World Health Or... Read more
The World Health Organization is moving towards taking some action on the flow of health professionals from poor to rich countries. It is likely that Australia is one of its targets, argues... Read more
Health organisations are hitting the hustings in the lead up to the Copenhagan conference on climate change. The Lancet has just published a series of articles examining the health implicati... Read more
Continuing the theme of the previous post, Research Australia has also been looking into the impact of an economic crunch on the community’s health. Their investigations raise concerns... Read more
What does economic crisis mean for a country’s health? Hunger and hardship for the population’s most vulnerable, judging by the news coming out of the US. Croakey’s North A... Read more
