The health sector, whose role is to protect public health, must be front and centre in the battle against climate change, write Dr Eugenie Kayak and Dr Ben Dunne
A national dataset for chronic conditions would provide critical information for enabling research and improving health outcomes
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership is essential in the design and delivery of culturally responsive health care, write Jacqueline Stephens and Courtney Ryder
Verbal and physical assault in hospital wards, accident and emergency departments and primary care should never be accepted as “part of the job” and more steps must be taken to keep all health care workers safe, including doctors, write Dr Gifar Hassan and Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe AM
The increase in hospital in the home admissions during the pandemic raises the broader question about how much acute paediatric care could be achieved outside of hospital settings, write Associate Professor Penelope Bryant and Dr Laila Ibrahim.
Dr Zoe Leviston and Professor Iain Walker investigate how well Australians really adhered to COVID-19 directives, and what it reveals about human perception and misconception.
Step by step, door to door, district by district, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s new Project Zero aims to find and treat every woman living with obstetric fistula in Ethiopia. It is an ambitious yet achievable goal, writes Carolyn Hardy, CEO of Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation.
Bulk-billing for certain groups has been given a lifeline at the eleventh hour, but the funding announcement is fraught with complexities, writes Dr Alisha Dorrigan.
Dr Sidney Chandrasiri examines Australia’s health workforce shortage and the multifaceted approach that will be required to care for the health and wellbeing of all Australians.
