Meru Sheel and Joel Negin The new government’s proposed Australian Centre for Disease Control (and Prevention) faces a daunting task…
Monkeypox in Australia: should you be worried? And who can get the vaccine?
Jaya Dantas, Curtin University On July 23, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took the unprecedented step and declared…
Two reflections on the 2022 Communicable Diseases and Immunisation Conference (CDIC)
Melody Taba and Rebecca Burrell – PHAA Child and Youth Health Special Interest Group (SIG) In the second edition of…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 28 July 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
Natural systems in Australia are unravelling. If they collapse, human society could too
Liz Hanna, Australian National University and Mark Howden, Australian National University In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released…
Remembering Professor Chris Del Mar AM FAHMS
Deborah Hilton I had the great honour and privilege of working with Professor Chris Del Mar AM FAHMS in my…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 21 July 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
Environmental health essential in an Australian CDC: Sophie Dwyer PSM
Sophie Dwyer One of the positive aspects of the conversation that the PHAA has been having around the formation of…
While Australians line up for COVID boosters, low vaccination rates in poor countries continue to cost lives
Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University and Brigitte Tenni, The University of Melbourne Two and a half years into the pandemic,…
An Australian CDC is an opportunity to transform the public health workforce
Dr Laksmi Govindasamy Although there are many important aspects for the proposed Australian Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (ACDC)…
Celebrating ANZJPH’s Increased Impact Factor and Top 10 Articles for 2021
Professor John Lowe and Dr Leanne Coombe The official journal of the PHAA, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 14 July 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
Dr Matthew ‘Tepi’ Mclaughlin talks physical activity and Prevention 2022
Dr. Matthew ‘Tepi’ Mclaughlin and Mary Brushe In 2022 the PHAA Child and Youth Health Special Interest Group awarded several…
A Q&A with Dr Alana Gall on NAIDOC week, motivations, and public health career so far
Dr Alana Gall, a Pakana woman, PHAA member, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, is conducting crucial…
Public health research highlighted during NAIDOC Week
Dr Michelle Kennedy and Dr Leanne Coombe PHAA celebrates this year’s NAIDOC Week theme, as outlined on the official NAIDOC…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 7 July 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
A Centre for Disease Prevention and Control – let’s work together to be clear on the problems it must solve
Professor Andrew Wilson and Professor Lucie Rychetnik The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre Co-Directors With apologies to Acca Dacca fans…
Q&A: Indigenous Peoples’ Inclusion in Food Governance
This piece was first published by the Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney. Read the original article. For NAIDOC Week,…
Asylum seekers and undocumented migrants lived the COVID-19 pandemic twice but were left out to struggle
1Zelalem Mengesha and 2Esther Alloun 1Centre for Health Equity Training, Research & Evaluation (CHETRE), UNSW Australia Research Centre for Primary…
A discussion with Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly on the proposed Australian CDC
PHAA Last week, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor Paul Kelly was kind enough to participate in an ‘Ask the…
Roe vs. Wade and the recent overturn of the 50-year-old ruling by the US Supreme Court
Professor Jaya Dantas and Dr Claire Rogers Co- Convenors, PHAA International Health Special Interest Group On the 24 June…
More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living longer
Malcolm Baalman, PHAA Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser Australia’s population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is 25%…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 30 June 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
Scholarship winners share reflections on Preventive Health Conference
Joe Carrello, PHAA NSW Earlier in 2022, the PHAA NSW branch awarded four scholarships for individuals to attend the 2022 PHAA…
Why Australia needs a National Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (NCDPC)
OzSAGE Independent Expert Panel OzSAGE has convened an independent expert panel to produce a report on an Australian Centre for Disease…
Reproductive Freedom Needs Continual Defence
Dr Abela Mahimbo and Dr Amie Steel PHAA’s Women’s Health Special Interest Group convenors The Australian public health community…
As Netball Australia eyes betting sponsorship, women and girls are at increased risk of gambling harm
Samantha Thomas, Deakin University; Hannah Pitt, Deakin University, and Simone McCarthy, Deakin University Netball Australia CEO Kelly Ryan said last…
Questions of scope and governance: A northern Queensland perspective on the proposed Centre for Disease Control
Stephanie Topp1, Alexandra Edelman1, Sue Devine1, Tammy Allen1, Paul Horwood1, Julie Mudd2, Emma McBryde3, Jeff Warner1 College of Public Health,…
Action needed on prevention and collaboration implementation research
Professor Luke Wolfenden, The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre The Prevention Centre’s Leadership Executive and several key partners have reflected on…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 23 June 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…