Category: International Health
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Plastic pollution: why is it a public health problem and why Australia needs a plastic pollution policy
Dr Andrew Daltry, Dr Lea Merone, Dr Peter Tait, and Jeremy Lasek It was described as a ‘global pandemic’ long before COVID-19 rocked our world in early 2020. The so-called ‘plastic pandemic’ sees an estimated five trillion pieces of plastic in the world’s oceans right now and it can take…
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The Code COVID-19 International Update – 25 November 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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The Code COVID-19 International Update – 18 November 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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Raising the Age crucial for health and wellbeing of children and our future: ACT Attorney-General
Jeremy Lasek & Malcolm Baalman – PHAA The timing was impeccable. Just as the ACT’s Attorney-General, Shane Rattenbury MLA, was preparing to address the PHAA’s Justice Health Conference last week, the ACT Government released the results of public consultation which showed overwhelming community support for a proposal to raise the…
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Pandemics are by definition GLOBAL. Will Australia share the solution?
Terry Slevin – PHAA “The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine for people aged 18 years and older, six months after their second dose. “In high-income countries, over 60% of people have had at least one vaccine dose, compared to around 4% in low- income…
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What’s in the WHO’s COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health?
Anna Alex – PHAA intern Leading up to COP26 in Glasgow next week, the World Health Organisation has released a special report, the Health Argument for Climate Action, outlining 10 recommendations made by the global health community for Heads of States to consider as priority areas and actionable points. The…
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The Code COVID19 International Update – 7 October 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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Pandemic lessons learnt, legacies, and the need for greater investment
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA The PHAA’s Australian Public Health Conference 2021, while virtual in nature due to COVID, is being widely acclaimed as having some of the best content in years. That old saying of ‘saving the best till the last’ may ring true yet again, following the conference’s final…
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The Code COVID19 International Update – 30 September 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson This is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for the Australian and New…
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The Code COVID19 International Update – 23 September 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson This is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for the Australian and New…
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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 this week. Worldwide, new infections continue to accrue at about 200,000 a day (a bit over a million a week – remember when there was a worldwide panic about reaching…
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The CODE update – 3 June
Priscilla Robinson Click here to view the latest spreadsheet This is one of those ‘nothing to see here’ weeks. Globally, both cases and fatalities have fallen. Africa seems still to be dealing with a problem, and I cannot see an explanation for the doubling in Europe compared with the week…
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The CODE Update – Introduction
Priscilla Robinson The CODE Update is a new regular feature on the Intouch blog to keep readers informed of COVID-19 developments around the world. The CODE update originally began at the start of the SARS CoV-2 pandemic as a way of explaining it to my friends and family who happen…
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PHAA encourages Australians to support the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Public Health Association Australia Since the arrival of COVID-19 on our shores nearly 13 months ago, Australia can take enormous pride in its world class response to the pandemic. In every measure, from our overall case numbers, to lives lost, to the impact on our way of life, the position…
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Nuclear weapons – always inhumane and unacceptable, now illegal
Tilman Ruff On Saturday 24 October, the number of nations ratifying the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reached the milestone of 50. This means that 90 days later, on 22 January 2021, the treaty will enter into legal force, becoming international law and binding on…
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Asylum seekers and refugees are extra vulnerable during COVID-19
Jaya Dantas The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) supports the No Child Left Behind campaign by the Refugee Council of Australia and calls on the Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston, to ensure that all people, especially the most vulnerable…