Insecure and inadequate funding is holding back efforts to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as is the diversion of funds to non-Indigenous organisations, a... Read more
The dramatic gap between women and men in leadership roles in health and medicine will be under the microscope at a panel event hosted by the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne tomorr... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The #Health4NSW Twitter festival had contributions from across the health sector, including from Aboriginal health researchers, consumers, public health advocates, d... Read more
The #Health4NSW Twitter festival profiled key health issues ahead of the NSW election, engaging almost 900 participants on Twitter in a discussion that broadened election health debate beyon... Read more
Our intrepid health wrapper, Dr Lesley Russell, is still drifting delicately through powder snow in Colorado this week but her eagle eyes haven’t missed much on her way down the slopes. Belo... Read more
As recently mentioned, Croakey is hosting a Twitter festival on Monday, 11 March to preview key health concerns ahead of the NSW election. Below is the program of guest tweeters and the topi... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In news you might have missed, on Saturday the Federal Government released the report from the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Out-of-Pocket Costs, and outlined a... Read more
Action to implement environmental health strategies can save lives by preventing rheumatic heart disease, says Dr Melissa Stoneham in her latest #JournalWatch column. Melissa Stoneham writes... Read more
Lesley Russell writes: My Colorado #skibumsojourn continues (great snow, cold weather, sunshine most days) so the focus of The Health Wrap continues to be on things American. It’s easy to be... Read more
A treaty between the Northern Territory and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has inched a step closer with the appointment of Professor Mick Dodson as the NT’s first Treaty Comm... Read more
