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The Croakey blog is a forum for debate and discussion about health issues and policy. It is moderated by Melissa Sweet, a freelance journalist with a personal and professional bent towards public health perspectives. Regular contributors include members of the Croakey Health and Medical Panel. Independent, in-depth social journalism for health
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Recently a group of PhD candidates from Victoria University, Swinburne University, University of Queensland and University of Tasmania took over Croakey’s curated, rotated account on X, @WePublicHealth. During the week, they discussed their research topics, and how they cope with ..read more
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Introduction by Croakey: Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for First Nations People, Justin Mohamed, this week returned to Shepparton, on Yorta Yorta Country in regional Victoria, to express his gratitude and appreciation for the support, strength and vision of the local Aboriginal ..read more
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Introduction by Croakey: It beggars belief that we’ve reached this stage of the climate crisis and still there is no coherent national narrative about the realities of what we’re up against. If governments won’t do it, then perhaps the health ..read more
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Introduction by Croakey: As the Israeli Defence Force continues to attack civilians, healthcare facilities and humanitarian workers in Gaza, a recent panel discussion in Naarm/Melbourne highlighted the imperative for health professionals to advocate for human rights. A report of the ..read more
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The detection of poliovirus in sewage samples in Gaza is “a wake-up call” showing the need to end hostilities, provide unrestricted access by aid agencies, and to improve the provision of clean water, sanitation and effective health services for people ..read more
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Melissa Sweet writes: “Red teams” of people from outside usual advisory and decision-making structures should be employed to test planning and responses to future pandemics and other emergencies. These teams would include content experts as well as non-experts who do ..read more
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What opportunities might the United States election campaign offer for public health advocacy? As of this week, there are some positive answers to this question. The column also brings Olympics health assessments from Paris, news from the World AIDS Conference ..read more
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A reshuffle of the Federal Ministry is due to be announced on Sunday following the resignation today of Ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O’Connor. Burney, a Wiradjuri woman who has been an MP in the Federal and NSW Parliaments for ..read more
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Introduction by Croakey: Public health advocates are keeping a watchful eye on the promotion of unhealthy products at the Paris Olympics over the next few weeks. Given Corona Cero, the zero alcohol variant of Corona beer, is the first beer sponsor ..read more
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Introduction by Croakey: More than 220 people participated in the second national forum on developing Australia’s wellbeing agenda last month, under the theme, ‘Building wellbeing into policy and action in Australia’. Summaries of the discussions and a list of presenters ..read more