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PHAA members’ review of books – The Great Influenza (2004)

The Great Influenza by John M Barry (published 2004).  Reviewed by Deborah Hilton and Natasha Hilton (above, right) In The Great … More

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The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 17 March 2022

Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More

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Two years into the pandemic, unequal access to COVID-19 treatments threatens the global recovery

Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University and Brigitte Tenni, The University of Melbourne It’s now two years since the World Health … More

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The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 10 March 2022

Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More

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The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 3 March 2022

Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More

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The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 24 February 2022

Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More

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The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 17 February 2022

Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More

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The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 10 February 2022

Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More

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The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 3 February 2022

Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More

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The CODE COVID-19 International Update – 20 January 2022

Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations … More

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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 … More

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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 … More

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Lauren Richardson wears a face mask and shows her vaccination card and a band aid on her shoulder from the vaccination.

A rare COVID silver lining – Lauren Richardson on meeting ‘her people’ in VIC Department of Health

Jeremy Lasek, PHAA Our recent request for your stories to capture the essence of a career in public health has … More

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From left, Dr Andrew Robinson WA CHO, former WA and NT CHO and current PHAA President, Prof Tarun Weeramanthri, Dr Kerryn Coleman ACT CHO and Dr Jeannette Young QLD CHO.

Chief health officers are in the spotlight like never before. Here’s what goes on behind the scenes

Patrick Harris, UNSW and PHAA NSW Branch President Aryati Yashadhana, UNSW, and Evelyne de Leeuw, UNSW Until COVID-19, few people knew … More

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Image shows a gloved hand holding a small vial of the AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine.

Children join vaccine queue; mRNA a marvel; start packing for Bali?

PHAA and Prof Kathy Eagar, AHSRI As the national vaccine program continues apace, adults are now able to register their … More

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The CODE Update – 16 September

Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the … More

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Former Ruby Princess cruise ship passengers Henry Karpik on the left, and Don Jones. Both men are bumping their elbows and are smiling.

Two Ruby Princess passengers on living with ‘long COVID’

Henry Karpik (left) and Don Jones Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Henry Karpik was blunt. “I was supposed to be dead,” … More

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The CODE Update – 08 September

Priscilla Robinson   View the latest spreadsheet here   Another interesting week, with an overall drop once again in both … More

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The CODE Update – 01 Sept

Priscilla Robinson   View the latest spreadsheet here   This week in our many Covid-lands: Worldwide, there have been very … More

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PHAA President ‘honoured’ to be leading western NSW COVID-19 crisis team

Jeremy Lasek – PHAA     A team of public health experts from five states and territories is currently on … More

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The CODE Update – 15 July

Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here There is not a lot of good world news this week, including what’s … More

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The earth is breathing easier

Major cities and their birds are breathing easier. Across China, smog has given way to the colour blue. Even the snow-capped Himalayas are visible from parts of Northern India for the first time in local’s memories.

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Chronic disease, health equity and COVID-19

One in two Australians has a chronic disease or condition such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease or cancer. Chronic disease is driven – and made worse – by social and economic inequities; disadvantaged communities and groups experience higher rates of chronic disease and poorer health outcomes

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6 countries, 6 curves: how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster

To understand the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic is more usefully viewed as a series of distinct local epidemics. The way the virus has spread in different countries, and even in particular states or regions within them, has been quite varied.

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Contact tracing app – a tool for ending the COVID pandemic

Imagine you have just been told you have COVID-19. We know this is infectious, so the chances are, you may well have given it to others already.

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The public health discipline after Covid-19

The Coronavirus pandemic draws our attention to the importance of public health in maintaining global human health

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