Health care's plastic paradox: from life-saving innovation to public health concern
Insights from Australia's Senate Inquiry into Microplastics and Human Health.
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Health and medical research sector at a crossroads: a call for action
To ensure long-term resilience, we must protect and re-shape Australia’s world-class health and medical research workforce.
Gynaecological cancers in Australia: a hidden crisis for women
Australia has made significant advances in the prevention of cervical cancer, but progress on other gynaecological cancers is falling behind.
Fixing the system, not the doctor: South Australia’s approach to workplace wellbeing
A healthy, safe and engaged healthcare workforce is fundamental to a high performing and sustainable health system that delivers high quality patient care.
‘Bikini Medicine’: time to retire the term in the drive for better overall women’s health
The term ‘bikini medicine’ originally highlighted the narrow reproductive focus of women’s health research, but has since broadened into a much-needed campaign for equitable inclusion of women across all aspects of...
The hidden ethics crisis in Australian health research funding
Australia’s health and medical research sector is a global leader in innovation and discovery. Yet, a hidden ethical problem in how research grants are funded threatens to undermine this reputation and the researchers...
Reimagining systems to elevate women in global health leadership
Achieving gender equity in global health will require reimagining of how health systems operate, including who leads and the traits they possess, who is valued within the health system and how they are remunerated, and w...
The growing national burden of arthritis demands urgent attention and investment
New projections for the future burden of arthritis in Australia provide an important impetus for greater investment in arthritis to ensure Australia’s health system can capably meet future health care demand and delive...
Redistributing trust: professionalism, policy and expanding scope of practice in primary care
As governments seek to build public trust in nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists, the role of general practice continues to pay the price for redistributed trust and investment.
