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Tag: Prevention

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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 … More

CDC Corner, Governance, Prevention, public health workforce
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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 … More

CDC Corner, Chronic disease, Coronavirus, Governance, Prevention
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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, … More

CDC Corner, Chronic disease, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Governance, Prevention
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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 … More

National Preventive Health Strategy, Prevention, research
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An election campaign bereft of prevention efforts that could save lives: Daube

Emeritus Professor Mike Daube AO, PHAA President (2007-2010) Another day, another election spending announcement. Both major parties are promising funding … More

2022 Federal Election, Prevention, Public Health, tobacco control
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Sick governance risks all our health

Malcolm Baalman – PHAA Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser We saw a disappointing Budget this week, with virtually no new … More

2022 Federal Election, Budget 2022-23, lobbying, Prevention, Public Health
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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 … More

2022 Federal Election, ACDC, CDC, Prevention
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Building a national approach to preventive health investment or the “Vomit principle” in action

Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin, CEO PHAA This post is the third in our series of articles exploring the PHAA’s 2022-23 … More

Budget 2022-23, Prevention
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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 … More

ACDC, COVID-19, infectious disease, Prevention, Public Health
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Creating Change: A Systems Change Framework to Drive Action on Chronic Disease

Dr Melanie Pescud, The Australian National University, and Professor Lucie Rychetnik, The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre   The Difficulties of … More

Chronic disease, Prevention, research

The worrying impact of COVID on cancer screening and detection

Public Health Association of Australia While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated our lives and public health efforts over the past … More

Alcohol, bowel cancer, cancer screening, cervical cancer, Prevention, Public Health
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Immunisation in the COVID pandemic era – conference to dissect our biggest global challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic – the worst global public health emergency in a century – has changed the way we live. … More

AstraZeneca, Coronavius, COVID-19, immunisation, Pfizer, Prevention, Public Health, public health workforce, vaccines
Chief Health Officers from WA, ACT, and QLD

Chief Health Officers Forum – Preventive Health Conference 2021

Chief Health Officers back calls for a more sustainable public health workforce Before the arrival of COVID-19, Australia’s Chief Health … More

Coronavius, COVID-19, Prevention, Public Health, public health workforce

More needs to be done to keep WA healthy, say public health advocates

Labor had a resounding win in the recent state election in Western Australia, but public health advocates argue that more … More

Healthway, Prevention, western australia

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

Prevention, QLD election

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

Budget, Budget 2020-21, Prevention

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 … More

CDC, Prevention

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