Introduction by Croakey: As we look to 2021, governments, agencies and health sectors around the world must address the wider health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the neglect o... Read more
Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
Western Australian health groups are calling on the State Government to put an end to junk food advertising on public transport, billboards and sporting venues. As the ABC reported today, th... Read more
President-elect Joe Biden and his team have a full plate when it comes to health policy for the United States, in dealing with the pandemic as well as threats to the Affordable Care Act. How... Read more
The newly released 2019 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors study, which explores 286 causes of death in 204 countries and territories to reveal the state of the world’s hea... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Former Labor Health Minister Nicola Roxon has urged Australian governments to respond to the early lessons of the coronavirus pandemic by investing in the foundations... Read more
A new report demonstrates that the current global health system is failing to embrace gender diversity and respond to gender inequalities. The Power, privilege and priorities: global health... Read more
Social prescribing is popular with both doctors and patients but the infrastructure and funding are lacking, according to a new report calling for the practice to become a routine part of pr... Read more
In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell updates readers on a slew of recent reports and other articles, ranging from obesity to women’s health rig... Read more
The Coalition on Tuesday pledged to invest $5 million to establish a National Dust Diseases Taskforce to develop a national approach for the prevention, early identification, control and man... Read more
