Jeremy Lasek – PHAA The Australian Public Health Conference 2021 starts this Thurday 23 September, and features a stellar…
Access to dying with dignity approved for Queensland
Malcolm Baalman, PHAA From early 2023, Queenslanders will join Australians from four other states in having access to voluntary assisted…
Stop the Spread: Use Caution in Bed & Correctly Take Your Meds
Melanie Parker – PHAA intern Earlier in 2021, there were multiple reports on various outbreaks of sexually transmitted infections in…
Chief health officers are in the spotlight like never before. Here’s what goes on behind the scenes
Patrick Harris, UNSW and PHAA NSW Branch President Aryati Yashadhana, UNSW, and Evelyne de Leeuw, UNSW Until COVID-19, few people knew…
Children join vaccine queue; mRNA a marvel; start packing for Bali?
PHAA and Prof Kathy Eagar, AHSRI As the national vaccine program continues apace, adults are now able to register their…
Australian Public Health Conference 2021: spotlight on cannabis policy reform
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Nothing, not even a once in a century pandemic will stop the annual Australian Public Health Conference…
The CODE Update – 16 September
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the…
Formula 1 Wheels Are Smoking: Tobacco Industry’s Interminable Advertising Influence in Sport
Mary-Anne Land – PHAA In 2021, the tobacco industry is projected to spend more than $100 million on Formula 1…
Two Ruby Princess passengers on living with ‘long COVID’
Henry Karpik (left) and Don Jones Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Henry Karpik was blunt. “I was supposed to be dead,”…
A new meningitis outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Melanie Parker – PHAA Intern Two weeks ago, I wrote about meningitis and the forthcoming World Health Organization (WHO)…
Australian Public Health Conference just 2 weeks away
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Australia’s experiencing a range of chronic disease challenges including tobacco use, obesity, and unhealthy foods.…
PHAA board member, Dr Summer May Finlay, part of community-led COVID19 vaccination campaign
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA One of the leading lights in Australia’s public health sector, proud Yorta Yorta woman, Dr Summer…
The CODE Update – 08 September
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Another interesting week, with an overall drop once again in both…
Our public health workforce – Meet the Healthy Cities Illawarra (NSW) team
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Introduction Since the pandemic began more than 20 months ago, Australia’s public health workforce has experienced…
Looking after our mental health during COVID-19
Deena Mehjabeen – PHAA member Mental health is essential to our health and wellbeing. In Australia, around 1 in…
FGM: A human rights violation that affects Australian women
Angela Dawson – PHAA member and Melanie Parker – PHAA intern Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a traditional practice that…
Are bottle shops using Twitter to encourage drinking during COVID-19?
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA The impacts of COVID-19 on our lives have been all encompassing. There have been varying…
A Q&A with a WHO expert on Defeating Meningitis
Melanie Parker – PHAA Intern The global COVID-19 pandemic has overshadowed much of the other work public health professionals…
The CODE Update – 01 Sept
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here This week in our many Covid-lands: Worldwide, there have been very…
PHAA President ‘honoured’ to be leading western NSW COVID-19 crisis team
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA A team of public health experts from five states and territories is currently on…
Adapt, stay, deliver – Afghanistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative
Mary-Anne Land – PHAA Adapt, stay, deliver – Afghanistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative will continue operations amid ongoing instability in…
Forum calls for health to be the main driver for climate action
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA In responding to COVID-19, governments everywhere, including in Australia, have dropped the ball on protecting…
The CODE Update – 25 August
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here A generally quieter week this week, except for the Western Pacific…
The burden of hypertension has shifted from high to low- and middle-income countries
Mary-Anne Land – PHAA The number of adults aged 30–79 years with hypertension has increased from 650 million to…
A future fit for reproductive health and rights
Angela Dawson – PHAA member The inaugural Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Day is an exciting opportunity to hear…
The future of food regulation in Australia
Terry Slevin CEO – Public Health Association of Australia and Robert Hunt CEO – Dietitians Australia Australia has built…
How public health talks about uranium mining – then and now
David Thomas – Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin. Last week in the Medical Journal of Australia, Rosalie…
PHAA member urges caution on compulsory COVID-19 vaccination
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Australia has passed another important milestone in its ever-accelerating vaccination rollout, administering more than 16…
Three things you should know about mosquitoes
Shüné Oliver and Jaishree Raman For thousands of years malaria was a mysterious illness affecting people across the globe.…
If the planet were a patient…
Tarun Weeramanthri – PHAA President We have heard about the science and data of climate change, its global…