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In an emergency, like a bushfire, making sure you have enough of your regular medication can mean the difference between life and death. But there are many ways to prepare. from www.shutterstock.com

November 22, 2019

How to manage your essential medicines in a bushfire or other emergency

Andrew Bartlett, University of Sydney and Bandana Saini, University of Sydney

During bushfire season, managing medication as well as respiratory conditions should be part of any emergency plan.

Too few Australian bushfire preparedness plans consider people with disabilities. Giant Gingko/Flickr

January 21, 2014

Bushfire planning leaves behind people with disabilities

Sarina Kilham, University of Sydney

When bushfires start, no one should be more worried than people with disabilities. Recent research shows people with disabilities are twice as likely to die or be injured than the general population during…

Bushfire affected property at Sommers Bay in Tasmania, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Residents of the worst-hit town Dunalley in the Tasmanian bushfires returned on Friday to see the full extent of the devastation. AAP/David Beniuk

January 13, 2013

Natural disasters have unexpected impacts on mental health

Jan Golembiewski, University of Sydney

Radical circumstances (bushfires and natural disasters) flush out the mental illness in society. Whenever there’s a disaster, there’s a rush on hospital admissions for psychiatric problems. But on the…

A bushfire smoke plume visible from Park Beach in Forcett, south-east of Hobart. AAP

January 9, 2013

Smoke from bushfires poses a health hazard for all of us

Mick Meyer, CSIRO

The bushfires currently raging across south-eastern Australia have, once again, focused national attention on the risks they pose for the community. The immediate concerns, naturally, are the direct impacts…

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