Thanks to the Climate and Health Alliance for allowing this cross-post. Fiona Armstrong, founder and convenor of the Climate and Health Alliance, writes: The Senate’s passing of the fl... Read more
Health economist, Professor Gavin Mooney, writes: In a recent paper from the European Parliament on reducing health inequalities, that parliament has chosen to endorse policies for ’reducing... Read more
A recent Croakey post raising questions about plans for a mass treatment program for scabies in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities has generated some interesting comments on t... Read more
Croakey readers had a long wish list for what you wanted covered at the national rural health conference in Perth this week. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get to nearly as many of the sessions a... Read more
At the national rural health conference in Perth this week, I gave two presentations. The first was about the opportunities that are rapidly emerging for under-served groups and issues (like... Read more
Melissa Raven writes: Some statistics are very powerful, because they convey a shocking message that demands attention. They are often referred to as ‘killer statistics’. Here is... Read more
At the national rural health conference in Perth this week, Dr Sam Prince – a doctor, entrepreneur and philanthropist – talked about the goal of the One Disease at a Time foundat... Read more
Two particularly searing critiques of the health sector were given yesterday on the final day of the national rural health conference in Perth. John Menadue, of the Centre for Policy Develop... Read more
Below are some resources that may be of interest/use in relation to the disaster in Japan, including advice for journalists, fact sheets on radiation and risk perception more broadly, and so... Read more
Is the professionalisation of breastfeeding doing harm? It’s a question that’s worrying Professor Lesley Barclay, the director of the Northern Rivers University Department of Rur... Read more
