Malcolm Baalman, PHAA As happens at every federal election, several long-serving Members of Parliament have retired. Two in particular have … More
Category: Coronavirus
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 26 May 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 19 May 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The Sustainable Development Goals, setbacks, and COVID-19
Fran Baum1, Lauren Paremoer2, Joanne Flavel1, Connie Musolino1, Ron Labonte3 1Stretton Health Equity, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. 2Department of … More
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 12 May 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 5 May 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 28 April 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 21 April 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
Many places are starting to wind back COVID restrictions, but this doesn’t mean the pandemic is over yet
Holly Seale, UNSW Sydney This month, mask mandates were lifted in South Australia, and vaccine requirements for dining and nightlife … More
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 7 April 2022
Article updated Thursday 7 April, 9am ACST to fix error in table. Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update … More
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 31 March 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 24 March 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
Two years into the pandemic, unequal access to COVID-19 treatments threatens the global recovery
Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University and Brigitte Tenni, The University of Melbourne It’s now two years since the World Health … More
ANZJPH study highlights festive season risk hazards, or ‘Chrishaps’
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA By now, most are ‘back at work’ (physically or remotely) and we can look back at … More
Frontline health workers share their concerns and impact of the pandemic’s first wave
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA They’ve been described as the ‘true heroes’ of the pandemic, Australia’s frontline healthcare workers who’ve put … More
The CODE COVID-19 International Update – 12 January 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
Free rapid antigen tests makes economic sense for governments, our analysis shows
Professor Jonathan Karnon, Professor Billie Bonevski and Associate Professor Hossein Haji Ali Afzali, Flinders University Following considerable public pressure over the … More
The Code COVID-19 International Update – 7 January 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The Code COVID-19 International Update – 16 December 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The Code COVID-19 International Update – 9 December 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The Code COVID-19 International Update – 2 December 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
Freedom from lockdown but shackled to alcohol: How Australia’s glorification of alcohol is damaging to public health
Dr Michelle I Jongenelis – Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change I write this piece … More
The Code COVID19 International Update – 14 October 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More
The CODE Update – 08 September
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Another interesting week, with an overall drop once again in both … More
The CODE Update – 15 July
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here There is not a lot of good world news this week, including what’s … More
The CODE update – 10 June
Priscilla Robinson Click here to view the latest spreadsheet Well, things seem to be a bit more predictable in COVID-land … More
CODE Update – 19 May
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet data For people new to this spreadsheet, the 55 countries on the main Global … More
CODE Update – 13 May
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet data It is interesting sending a few weeks away from looking at these international … More
Blame and COVID-19?
We remain in the midst of the world’s worst health crisis in a century. Millions of cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed around the world and hundreds of thousands of deaths have ensued. So, who should we blame? Well, I think a more important question is, where does blame get us?
COVID-19 policy responses show why political literacy is a public health issue
The adage “never discuss politics or religion” is invariably proffered to us with well-meaning intent at some point during our life. If anything, when it comes to public health issues, we need to be discussing politics more, not less, and certainly not avoiding it altogether.