Two recent reports – one with a global focus and the other looking at regional security issues – examine some of the global forces and trends likely to shape planetary health in the years ah... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: COVAX is a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and one of three pillars of the World Health Organiza... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As has been widely reported, including internationally, Australia has fallen significantly short — by 3.4 million doses — of its original target to deliver four mill... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Australia is one of 14 nations that today issued a joint statement expressing concerns, which implicitly criticised China, that the World Health Organization’s... Read more
In the latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell puts together a compilation of pieces looking back over the past year globally and reports on its impact on happi... Read more
Aid agencies are urging Australia to step up its responses to the COVID-19 crisis in Papua New Guinea, warning that the pandemic poses grave threats to PNG and its neighbours, as per warning... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Médecins Sans Frontières Australia is today hosting an online webinar about the role of self-care strategies in meeting the needs of under-served communities, especi... Read more
**Article updated after publication with comment from Health Minister’s office about Australia’s global/regional vaccination commitments** A new threat to global security is emer... Read more
As Guardian Australia reported last month, the World Health Organization selected Professor Dominic Dwyer, Director of Public Health Pathology at New South Wales Health Pathology in Sydney,... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a road map to tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that affect more than a billion mainly poor people globally,... Read more
