COVID-19 has unfairly impacted some people more harshly than others, exacerbating existing inequities in health and welfare within and between countries. For World Health Day, WHO is therefore issuing five calls for urgent action to improve ...
Challenges in moving from volume to value in healthcare were highlighted in a Productivity Commission, a health case study, released last week. “The latest edition of the Australian Health Review, the academic journal of the ...
How do you choose the right caregiver – either for you or a loved one? The My Medic Watch app can potentially save the life of someone who has experienced a fall or seizure. However, ...
Leading experts engaged in the science-policy interface of public health, biodiversity, and climate change will collaborate in an innovative initiative led by the WHO and IUCN to help guide decision-makers toward a healthier, greener and ...
The first day of the Workplace Mental Health Summit 2021 kicked off with Jim Kelly, Director of Health and Safe Design SafeWork NSW, and with Sean Hall as the Chair. Kelly started the discussion by ...
New South Wales Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant released the NSW HIV Strategy 2021–2025, which aims to achieve the virtual elimination of HIV transmission in NSW. NSW is a world leader in responding to ...
Until recently I haven’t really given a lot of thought to community health. As the COVID-19 pandemic still continues to play a huge part in 2021 (and perhaps years to come) it got me thinking ...
Workplace Mental Health Summit 2021 speaker Sean hall interviews Alexia Houston, Head of Insurance and Risk at Clayton Utz. Tackling the stigma of mental health in the workplace is one of the biggest barriers that need ...
This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to falsified COVID-19 Vaccine identified as “BNT162b2” detected in Mexico in February 2021 and recently confirmed as falsified to the WHO. The falsified product was supplied and administered to patients ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects in U.S. nursing homes and long-term care facilities, resulting in an estimated 1.2 million infections and 147,000 deaths as of early 2021. Yet even as mortality rates in ...
Knee osteoarthritis is a painful condition that affects over 14 million U.S. adults, many of whom have extreme obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) greater than 40kg/m2. Total knee replacement (TKR) is often recommended ...
Objectives: Older adults utilize health care systems to a higher frequency than younger groups, and are more vulnerable to system bias regarding ageing and expectations of old age. This narrative review attempts to outline the ...
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