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ICYMI: a column from the Croakey team

ICYMI: a standing ovation, crimes against humanity, rights to a healthy environment, plus steps forward and back

Melissa Sweet
Melissa Sweet
Thursday, September 29, 2022

COVID-19, ICYMI, #CroakeyREAD, Environmental determinants of health, Social determinants of health, Indigenous health, Indigenous education, Abortion, Disabilities, Infectious diseases, Women's health, Global health, Emergency departments and care, General practice, NDIS, Human rights, Public health, Vaccination

Welcome to a column for those who don’t have time or inclination for Twitter-scrolling.

This week, we bring reports of a standing ovation for Professor Marcia Langton at a global conference, the latest global and local news on climate change and COVID, and some recommended new books.

As well, we bring a stack of tweets about upcoming events, public and global health news, and much more.

As well as this quotable: “We need to green our hospitals roofs and walls.”

World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education

Check #WPICE2022 on Twitter for more news from the conference, which is taking place this week.

Climate matters

COVID, local and global

Read the article in the BMJ by Marin McKee. Read the article in The Atlantic Read the reports on vaccination for people with disability.

Global health

Public health

#AusPol

#CroakeyREAD

…and recommended viewing

Events

As they happened

Coming up

Jobs and other opportunities

See previous editions of #ICYMI, and catch you next week…

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Loved the program. Love the Croakey news service – think it really gives the conference a bigger audience!

Great event and extensive social media coverage

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The Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (#21OPCC)

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Dr Summer May Finlay

Yorta Yorta woman, public health practitioner, PhD, #Just Justice team member, Croakey contributor

ICYMI: a standing ovation, crimes against humanity, rights to a healthy environment, plus steps forward and back

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