Tag: ACDC
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Time to arc things up for the Australian Centre for Disease Control
Terry Slevin Since the 2 May federal election outcome it is crystal clear that the long awaited and hard fought for Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) will now become a reality. The Albanese-led Labor party first expressed commitment to the CDC while in opposition in 2020. It became a…
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Meet John Lowe, outgoing Editor-in-Chief of ANZJPH
Emeritus Professor John Lowe (left) receiving the 2023 President’s award from PHAA President, Tarun Weeramanthri AM (right). Emeritus Professor John Lowe, Editor-in-Chief of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, won the President’s Award at our 2023 Public Health Conference. Professor Lowe recently shared with us highlights from his…
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Australian CDC is an opportunity for Labor’s prevention legacy to endure
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin, CEO, Public Health Association of Australia In 2006 then Shadow Minister for Health Julia Gillard gave a landmark address to the National Press Club of Australia (NPC) where she outlined Labor’s vision and commitment to prevention in Australia. 17 years later, the Australian Labor Party could…
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A CDC is not just about research
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin – PHAA CEO Adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri – PHAA President As a federal election looms, the question of what, if any, new structures, programs or initiatives will be established in Australia to deal with current and future public health crises, remains unanswered. The Public Health Association…
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All I want for Christmas is an Australian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO Mariah Carey’s classic Christmas hit is a commercial radio and shopping centre staple every December. If I could tweak her lyrics, I’d change them to emphasise how essential a Centre for Disease Control and Prevention could be for Australia, and our near neighbours. The wariness many…
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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 the control of communicable diseases. Labor has overnight proposed the creation of a new national Centre for Disease Control, located within the Commonwealth Health Department. The proposed Centre would have…