The mental health crisis occurring in tandem with COVID-19 has stressed resources and stretched service waitlists into years. There is an urgent need for prevention strategies, not just treatment.
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Many researchers may lack resources to guide them in conducting research that is equitable, inclusive and respectful of diverse Indigenous knowledge, ethics, practice and research sovereignty.
One important metric by which we can measure the success of our public health system: Ensuring everyone has access to immunization in their community.
Fair global agreements, home-grown vaccines and sharing extra doses with poorer nations are all needed if we’re to ever emerge from this pandemic.
Expanding access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) to those not terminally ill puts vulnerable people at risk of feeling pressured into MAID, and doctors at risk of being forced to facilitate it.
One of the factors that has made COVID-19 so catastrophic in long-term care homes was lack of paid sick leave for low-wage workers.
So far, the only COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use need to be kept frozen. But there are many places in the world that can’t support a cold supply chain.
A private market should have no place in the rollout of a COVID vaccine.
In Brazil, black COVID-19 patients are dying at higher rates than white patients. Worse housing quality, working conditions and health care help to explain the pandemic’s racially disparate toll.
While African Americans account for about 14% of the US population, they have accounted for about 60% of deaths from the virus. Several physicians offer an idea they think could help.
When care is equity-oriented, patients report fewer depression and trauma symptoms, less chronic pain and improved quality of life.
A remote medicine program in Saskatchewan allows acutely ill children and pregnant women to be treated by specialist doctors, without leaving their communities.
Recent findings say that sitting around is a ‘first world’ problem. In reality, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
A cure for many tropical diseases was discovered 30 years ago this month. The drug is donated by its manufacturer. Why are we still dealing with neglected tropical diseases?
Parents need support from early childhood educators to build capacity to claim for NDIS services.
It seems that vulnerability is a cost of privilege, and resilience comes as a result of adversity.
Infectious diseases have plagued Africa for decades. Now, Africa faces the threat of a cancer pandemic – with a shortage of equipment, doctors and money to treat it.
It looks like where you live, and what regulations that state has for health insurers, may have a major impact on whether you are diagnosed early or not.
It is time to have an open and honest discussion about who is – and isn’t – being trained to secure the future of our world’s health at the World Health Organization headquarters.
New research shows that black patients are more likely to have heart transplants at the worst-performing centers. So how do patients choose where to go for surgery?
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Bond University
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Professor of Health Economics, Queensland University of Technology
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Director of the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, University of Adelaide
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Senior Research Associate at the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH), University of Adelaide
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professor of General Practice and Head of Undergraduate Education, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Sydney
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Director, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity and Centre of Research Excellence in Obesity Management and Prevention in Primary Health Care, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Melissa Sweet is a Friend of The Conversation.
Independent journalist and health writer; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney; Founder of Croakey.org. PhD candidate, University of Canberra
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Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The Open University
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Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
