Tag: vaccines
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The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 6 December 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, a London-based Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at La Trobe University, and an…
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‘We need you’: Prof Helen Marshall AM joins call for more public health workers
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Introduction Today, we continue our profile series, celebrating public health experts who’ve been recognised in the latest Australia Day Honours. Adelaide-based Professor Helen Marshall AM enjoyed a double celebration in January. Firstly, being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, and secondly, being named the…
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The CODE COVID-19 International Update – 12 January 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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The Code COVID-19 International Update – 7 January 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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The Code COVID-19 International Update – 16 December 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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The Code COVID-19 International Update – 9 December 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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The Code COVID-19 International Update – 2 December 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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The Code COVID19 International Update – 4 November 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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Pandemics are by definition GLOBAL. Will Australia share the solution?
Terry Slevin – PHAA “The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine for people aged 18 years and older, six months after their second dose. “In high-income countries, over 60% of people have had at least one vaccine dose, compared to around 4% in low- income…
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Henrietta Lacks’ iconic story of inequity, injustice, and disparities in health holds Australian relevance
Dr Mary-Anne Land (PHAA) & Associate Professor Lisa Whop (ANU) As a young mother, Henrietta Lacks and her husband were raising five children near Baltimore when she fell ill. She went to Johns Hopkins – one of the few hospitals at the time which would treat black people – after…
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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 12-to-15 year-old children or dependants for a Pfizer COVID vaccination. The vaccine was already available to children aged 12-15 who are Indigenous, on the NDIS, live in remote areas, or…
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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 world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for the Australian…
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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 cases and fatalities. It is unclear about why there is a rise in deaths in the Americas and Europe – perhaps these are in people who have been unwell for…
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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 slightly fewer cases this week than last, and the only regions with small rises have been South East Asia and the Western Pacific, which of course had relatively few cases…
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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 the ground in one of the nation’s COVID-19 hot spots, providing surge capacity to help address the growing crisis in the west and far west of NSW. Headed up on…
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Adapt, stay, deliver – Afghanistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative
Mary-Anne Land – PHAA Adapt, stay, deliver – Afghanistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative will continue operations amid ongoing instability in the country. “Poliovirus circulation does not stop during conflicts, it does not stop during emergencies. If anything, it makes children and families even more vulnerable by adding a layer of…
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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 happening with COVID. A few countries clearly are slowing down, presumably due to vaccination programmes, and in most countries in Europe fatalities have really fallen. Which has contributed, at last,…
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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. Many lives have been lost, economies brought to their knees, and it is fair to say that nothing is as it was just 18 month ago. Today marks the beginning…
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The CODE update – 10 June
Priscilla Robinson Click here to view the latest spreadsheet Well, things seem to be a bit more predictable in COVID-land this week. Worldwide, new infections continue to accrue at about 200,000 a day (a bit over a million a week – remember when there was a worldwide panic about reaching…
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CODE Update – 19 May
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet data For people new to this spreadsheet, the 55 countries on the main Global Epidemiology sheet have been variously added to by request over the past year, and have consistently included the 20 countries with the highest number of cases (and therefore have generated…
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CODE Update – 13 May
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet data It is interesting sending a few weeks away from looking at these international data. Since I have been able to access them again it is notable that not a lot has changed, but where it has it is really noticeable. Firstly, the effect…
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The CODE Update – 15 April
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet data Firstly, I think there needs to be some perspective on all of the ‘surges’ of the past week. The first and third countries on the general epidemiology sheet (USA & Brazil) have between them had nearly one third of all of the world’s cases,…
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The CODE Update – 7 April
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet data I hope you all had a happy and safe Easter break. There is quite a lot to talk about this week, so this will be quite long, but please bear with me. The snapshot shows that worldwide there is only a tiny rise…
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In the lead into Easter….it’s time for a deep breath
Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO We’ve made our way through the unforgettable 2020. We’re coming out the other side and have coped with the many adjustments and trials of quarter one, 2021. Vaccination programs have dominated the news and the expectations that have been created haven’t been delivered. Frustrations have been…
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PNG in COVID crisis: Australia needs to urgently provide one million more vaccines
The PHAA’s One Health Special Interest Group Convenor, Dr Andrea Britton, recently returned from PNG where she’s been working for the Burnet Institute PNG on a Fleming Fund Country Grant project to tackle antimicrobial resistance. Just out of quarantine, Andrea reflects on her observations, the massive challenges PNG faces in…
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The CODE Update – 1 April
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet data This week there seems to be an increase in cases and fatalities in all areas, apart from fatalities in Africa which are down from the previous week. This is quite perplexing as immunisations in Europe and North America are going well, and I…
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The CODE Update – 17 March
Priscilla Robinson View this week’s spreadsheet This week there are some interesting – and slightly concerning – changes in patterns. Overall this week, the snapshot shows that whilst cases are up about 10% overall, fatalities are down compared with last week. Cases are currently rising in half of the WHO…
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The CODE Update – 4 March
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet We have had some quite panicked publicity in Australia over the last three days about a global rise in case numbers, and about the use of AstraZeneca vaccines in over 65s, so I will provide some information about these issues. Firstly, this week’s snapshot…
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PHAA encourages Australians to support the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Public Health Association Australia Since the arrival of COVID-19 on our shores nearly 13 months ago, Australia can take enormous pride in its world class response to the pandemic. In every measure, from our overall case numbers, to lives lost, to the impact on our way of life, the position…
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Three simple things Australia should do to secure access to treatments, vaccines, tests and devices during the coronavirus crisis
Patents and related intellectual property rights can present formidable barriers to procuring medicines, vaccines, diagnostic tests and medical devices.