Opinions

The normalisation of gambling means it is often overlooked as an underlying source of harm, but gambling-related suicides could be prevented with the right strategies and support.

Angela Rintoul

Building more and better living space is crucial to eliminate rheumatic heart disease in Aboriginal people living in remote areas, yet the current model of remote housing is failing to improve conditions.

Simon Quilty

Specialist colleges and societies have a critical role in guiding the health care sector’s transition to a lower emissions future.

Sonia Chanchlani, Ben Dunne

Molecular epidemiology of HIV is indispensable for guiding evidence-based interventions, improving health outcomes, and ultimately working towards ending HIV transmission.

Francesca Di Giallonardo, Phillip Keen

Now is the time for “futurists” to start dreaming and for general practice to engage with generative AI.

David Fraile Navarro, Enrico Coiera

Our understanding of long COVID is still evolving and incomplete, but the future looks brighter as we move beyond “what is it?” to “what can we do about it?”

Danielle Hitch

With growing recognition that the social and emotional needs of women are not being met in their maternity care, it is vital that we understand the needs of the people who use our maternity care systems.

Kirsten Small, Lachlan Faktor, Sally Cusack, Zoe Bradfield, Chanelle Warton, Caroline Homer

The shortfall of doctors in rural and regional Australia can be addressed if medical schools make rural health a core priority, writes Dr Colin Corte.

Colin Cortie

Australia’s National Health and Climate Strategy’s vision is to be commended, but detail of how the Strategy’s objectives will be implemented is still unclear.

Angie Bone, Eugenie Kayak