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Where Ross Gittins gets it right on health reform

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Federal Election 2019: Follow the lead of WA on climate and health

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Federal Election 2019: National Health Commission – making it work

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Federal Election 2019: ALP Cancer policy – good but is it fair?

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Federal Election 2019: A ‘health’ policy – not just a ‘health care’ policy

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Federal Election 2019: Dental care – welcome but not enough

One nation: are all Australian States and Territories equal?, 21 Nov 2018

Nutrition condition,21 Nov 2018

Health workforce issues, 21 Nov 2018

The elephant in the room, 21 Nov 2018

Climate change call to action, 21 Nov 2018

The future of pharmacy, 15 Oct 2018

The gaps in dental care, 15 Oct 2018

What to do about private health insurance? 2 Oct 2018

Why are the Social Determinants of Health Important, 27 Sept 2018

Should We Tax Sugary Drinks?, 26 Sept 2018

Closing The Gap, 25 Sept 2018

Out-of-pocket health care costs, 20 Sept 2018

Why do we need health reform?, 14 Sept 2018

Promoting Prevention, 13 Sept 2018

Top 10 reasons we need health reform, 9 Sept 2018

Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

8 hours ago

World Life ExpectancyAHCRA presents this website which provides an amazing variety of colourful visualisations about life and death across the world. We present it as another source of visual information but do not vouch for the integrity of its data sources or accuracy of the final presentations. That said, the visualisations are often stunning and the work of curating the site must take a significant effort.. ... See MoreSee Less

HEALTH PROFILE AUSTRALIA

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View selected causes of death and population dynamics for Australia including Life Expectancy by age and history, age adjusted death rates and world rankings for the top 50 causes and total deaths by ...

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

1 day ago

Race to 80The Grattan Institute has released a new Covid vaccination modelling report by Stephen Duckett, Danielle Wood, Brendan Coates, Will Mackey, Tom Crowley, and Anika Stobart. David Humphreysand Anita Lin also contributed to the report.The authors suggest that Australia can end lockdowns and start to reopen its border once 80 per cent of the population is vaccinated – and we may be able to get there by the end of the year. But if a vaccine is not approved for children under 12, a target date of March next year would be more realistic. https://bit.ly/3BZtJAsVaccines give us a way out. They offer individuals very strong protection from hospitalisation and death from COVID, and they offer some collective protection by significantly reducing transmission.No magic number of vaccines will rid us of COVID forever. But we can vaccinate enough Australians to ‘tame’ COVID. This report shows that fully vaccinating 80 per cent of all Australians, and 95 per cent of the over-70s, will give us the best chance of gradually returning to normal life – with open borders and no lockdowns.Abandoning our Zero COVID strategy before 80 per cent of Australians are vaccinated would risk a rapid surge in COVID cases that overwhelms our hospitals and imposes a high death toll. But every vaccine we administer makes Zero COVID easier to maintain by slowing the spread, reducing the likelihood that lockdowns will be required and reducing their duration when they are needed.80 per cent is an ambitious target but once we get to 80 per cent, we can shift our focus from containing COVID to ‘living with COVID’ focussing less on cases and more on hospitalisations and deaths.It's another valuable read to inform the community, policymakers and health professionals. Pages 4 and 5 of the report set out three implementation recommendations. ... See MoreSee Less

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

1 week ago

Climate Health WA Inquiry: Final ReportWestern Australia (WA) is geographically Australia’s largest state with significant mineral reserves, renewable energy sources and rich biodiversity. However, it is vulnerable to climate change, with a steady decline in rainfall in the south-west, drying interior, lengthening fire season, exposure to cyclones and extreme weather events, and a rate of sea-level rise almost three times the global average. The WA State Government has committed to addressing risks and seizing opportunities that climate change poses and transitioning to a low-carbon economy by 2050. In announcing this Inquiry, the Minister for Health acknowledged the need to adapt to climate change to protect the health of the community, but also asked how WA health services can do more to implement change, including reducing emissions and waste and increasing energy efficiency.In contrast to a standard review, an inquiry is a fact-finding process in which attention is first given to asking the right questions of the right people. This Inquiry sought out WA, Australian and international experts to obtain the best science, data and evidence to inform the final recommendations. The 10 chapters of this report critically examine the information gathered and lead to a series of overall findings and recommendations. https://bit.ly/3rCXwu0The first five chapters cover the challenges faced by the WA health sector with respect to climate change, and the last five chapters cover the recommended response.The report paints a sobering picture of the challenges facing WA and the nation, but also has uplifting and positive messages about how to address those challenges.Once again, the state and territory jurisdictions who are closer to the community and public opinion appear to be providing more forward-looking policy directions on climate change than the federal government. A valuable read with policy options. ... See MoreSee Less

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

1 week ago

US life expectancy drops in 2020It’s hard to imagine a more alarming sign of a society’s decline in well-being, than an inability to keep its citizens alive. While some of the reasons are mysterious, others are fairly clear. American society has become far more unequal than it used to be, and the recent increases in mortality are concentrated among working-class Americans.Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2020 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show that the COVID impact in the US is so great it is lowering life expectancy, and not equitably across society. Deaths from COVID-19 contributed to nearly three-quarters, or 74 per cent, of the decline, while drug overdoses were also a major contributor, with interim data showing that deaths attributed to this rose nearly 30 per cent in 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/VSRR015-508.pdfThe data shows the vital importance of a strong public health system, and some might say, the failure of the U.S. profit driven health care system to fulfil the basic obligations of societal wellbeing. ... See MoreSee Less

US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest one-year drop since WWII

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The drop spelled out by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is due mainly to the COVID-19 pandemic, which health officials say is responsible for close to 74 per cent of the overall life...

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

2 weeks ago

The chaotic incompetence of our roll out of the Covid vaccines - Part 2Emeritus Professor John Dwyer continues his observations on the roll out of vaccines and vaccination in Australia https://bit.ly/3xLFEPD"It's surprising and disappointing that so far Australia has failed to mount an effective vaccination program with the momentum needed to return to pre-Covid life. With the availability of sufficient doses of the Pfizer vaccine to quickly establish ‘herd immunity’ in Australia problematic, an acceleration of our immunisation program would require the use of the readily available AstraZeneca vaccine for people under 60 yrs.""Because of the very rare but potentially serious side-effects associated with this vaccine there is an ethical obligation for government to facilitate the acquisition of the knowledge that allows individuals to make an informed decision about their vaccination." ... See MoreSee Less

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

2 weeks ago

The chaotic incompetence of our roll out of the Covid vaccines - Part 1Emeritus Professor John Dwyer writes on vaccines and vaccination in the first of two articles."It is obvious that vaccination is the only weapon available to end the global pandemic and that weapon is powerful and can do the trick. However you can’t put the fire out with a trickle from the hose." https://bit.ly/3xLmFETAs Professor Dwyer notes: "Who would have thought that a well educated and scientifically sophisticated nation like ours would find itself dead last among OECD countries when the percentages of citizens vaccinated in each country are examined." ... See MoreSee Less

The chaotic incompetence of our roll out of the Covid vaccines? Part 1 - Pearls and Irritations

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Who would have thought that a well educated and scientifically sophisticated nation like ours would find itself dead last among OECD countries when the percentages of citizens fully vaccinated in each...

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