Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO Here’s hoping that, as you read this, you retain some of the reinvigorating glow of a … More
Category: Public Health Workforce
A message to our public health workers in 2020
Terry Slevin Emotionally charged, fraught, threatening, unsettling and filled with uncertainty. 2020 is finishing like it started. In January it … More
Victorian state budget a mixed affair for public health
Anna Nicholson The 2020-21 Victorian state budget is a mixed affair for public health. There is much to congratulate the … More
Preventive approaches needed to improve child and youth health and wellbeing
Tracey Oorschot and Jane Frawley Child, youth, Indigenous and social policy advocates have campaigned for improved health and wellbeing of … More
COVID-19 healthcare response in NSW: a success story
Australian Public Health Conference 2020 Introduction: It’s being dubbed Australia’s coronavirus success story – open borders, open businesses, slow infection … More
Public Health in Queensland – a state election wrap
Paige Preston and Letitia Del Fabbro #QldVotesHealth #5percentforprevention #Qldvotes With only a few days left before the October 31st Queensland … More
A disappointing week, but signs we are at least facing in the right direction
Terry Slevin, CEO of the PHAA The Australian Government Budget for 2020-21 was finally released last week, after a … More
A start on a new approach to disease control?
Terry Slevin It’s welcome news that Labor, in opposition, is thinking about how to maximise Australia’s structural arrangements for … More
Magnificent response supports Victoria’s COVID-19 front-line public health worker mentoring program
Jeremy Lasek The catch-cry ‘we’re all in this together’ during the COVID-19 public health emergency has brought to the … More
Where are all the public health policies this ACT election?
Terry Slevin This year has been indelibly marked by the public health crisis of COVID, and the public has had … More
Victoria may not set the gold standard but its COVID numbers far from fail on a global scale
Terry Slevin Listening to much of the commentary as Victoria has battled to get on top of its second … More
Strengthening the public health workforce
Joel Negin A strong, effective public health workforce has been critical to Australia’s successes in preventing the worst of COVID-19. … More
Where are all the public health workers?
Terry Slevin Significant gaps in the size, training, structure and credentialing of the public health workforce have been exposed as a … More