Tag: CDC
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Now more than ever, Australia needs a Centre for Disease Control
We’re calling on the next Australian Government to complete the establishment of the independent statutory Centre for Disease Control (CDC) by the end of 2025. Find out more on the Public Health Association of Australia’s Federal Election priorities site. This is part of an ongoing series explaining our 2025 Federal…
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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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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 Australian children and young people for years. Despite these efforts, Australia continues to underperform in a range of key benchmarks. Statistics reveal that 1 in 6 Australian children and young…
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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…
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COVID Wars: Do we have the resources to take up the public health battle?
Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO On 25 January 2020, Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, made a public announcement that Australia had recorded our first case of COVID-19. Six months on, what have we learned and where are we headed? Anxiety is understandably high with the outbreak in Victoria continuing, and concerns…