Tag: Victoria
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Magnificent response supports Victoria’s COVID-19 front-line public health worker mentoring program
Jeremy Lasek The catch-cry ‘we’re all in this together’ during the COVID-19 public health emergency has brought to the fore a multitude of examples of ‘people helping people’ in the most challenging of circumstances. The latest example is the response to a nation-wide call for public health mentors to…
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Victoria may not set the gold standard but its COVID numbers far from fail on a global scale
Terry Slevin Listening to much of the commentary as Victoria has battled to get on top of its second wave of COVID-19, you’d be forgiven for thinking the state had seriously embarrassed Australia and should hang its head in shame. It’s still too early for Victoria to start a…
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Victoria’s second wave calls for solidarity
Anna Nicholson and Bronwyn Carter Victorians have faced another rough week. For many in public health, our early optimism and pride for our State’s cautious approach to easing restrictions has been replaced with fatigue. Our enthusiastic discussions about opportunities for reform in early education, social support, local supply chains…