Category Archives: climate change

Introducing a wealth of ideas for new online health-related publications

May 16, 2012 – 8:11 pm

Entrepreneurs and philanthropists take note: below are some terrific ideas for new health-related online publications. Croakey recently put out a call on behalf of the Public Interest Journalism Foundation for ideas for online publications covering health-related areas of need. One of the pitches will be developed during a session at the New News conference, which will [...]

By Melissa Sweet | Also posted in aged care, disasters, evidence-based issues, Health inequalities, legal issues, Media-related issues, public health, rural and remote health, social determinants of health, social media and healthcare, women's health | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

The budget failed to address health risks from climate change

May 9, 2012 – 2:23 pm

Where is the national strategy to protect our health from climate change? Where are the efforts to help health organisations transition to a low carbon sector? The budget failed to address these and other important health concerns around climate change, according to Fiona Armstrong, Convenor of the Climate and Health Alliance. *** The budget’s black hole on [...]

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A rather large wrap of recent Croakey articles: public health, health reform, media coverage of health and more

January 11, 2012 – 10:25 am

As previously mentioned, Croakey readers are welcome to sign up for (rather irregular) summaries of posts. If you’d like to join the mailing list, please send your email or leave it below. Here is the latest compilation, covering from 6 October – December 23, 2011. The latest readership figures are now also available, showing that [...]

By Melissa Sweet | Also posted in abortion, alcohol, cancer, child health, childbirth and maternity services, complementary medicines, conflicts of interest, consumer health information, death and dying, dental care, evidence-based issues, Food, global health, health and medical research, health financing and costs, Health inequalities, health reform, health workforce, Hospitals, Indigenous health, infectious diseases, Media Doctor Australia, Medicare Locals, mental health, MyHospitals website, obesity, pain, palliative care, pharmacy, physical activity, prevention, primary health care, public health, quality and safety of health care, rural and remote health, SensaSlim, social determinants of health, social media and healthcare, TGA, The Conversation, tobacco control, vaccination, vaccines, WHO | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A wrap of news on climate change and health: from Durban to Tuvalu and Martha’s Vineyard

December 9, 2011 – 5:55 pm

Fiona Armstrong, convener of the Climate and Health Alliance, is attending an international conference on climate change in Durban. She filed the report below for Climate Spectator.  At the bottom of the post are links to related items, including to the first of the Boyer lectures by author Geraldine Brooks, who brings a poetic narrative [...]

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Climate change and rural health: a GP’s call for action, plus an update on recent studies

October 28, 2011 – 2:12 pm

Rural health issues are likely to be in the news thanks to a conference starting in Alice Springs today, hosted by the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) and Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). Perhaps any discussions about rural health should also be contemplating the impact of climate change – that’s the [...]

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Richard Smith: tweeting the news on climate change, health and security

October 19, 2011 – 9:47 am

Richard Smith, a leader in international public health, has been tweeting about the conference held in London earlier this week on the health and security implications of climate change, as previously mentioned. Here are some of his tweets (for those without the time or inclination to wade the T-verse). The Twitter tag is #healthandsecurity.

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Climate change is an “immediate, growing and grave threat” to health and security

October 18, 2011 – 4:01 pm

“Climate change poses an immediate, growing and grave threat to the health and security of people in both developed and developing countries around the globe. “Climate change leads to more frequent and extreme weather events and to conditions that favour the spread of infectious diseases. Rising sea levels, floods and droughts cause loss of habitat, [...]

By Melissa Sweet | Also posted in global health, public health, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (26)

A wrap of recent health news at Croakey

October 5, 2011 – 5:40 pm

Hola – I am back on deck. A large thanks to Jennifer Doggett for driving Croakey while I was away, and to Ben Harris-Roxas for looking after the Twitter feed. As previously mentioned, Croakey readers are welcome to sign up for (rather irregular) summaries of posts. If you’d like to join the mailing list, please [...]

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Communicating the science on climate change

August 29, 2011 – 12:28 pm

With Hurricane Irene focusing some attention on climate change (at the New York Times website anyway), the post below looks at some of the issues surrounding communication of climate science. A series has just kicked off at The Conversation that promises to “shine an inquisitive light onto specific instances of misrepresentation, distortion, or spin by [...]

By Melissa Sweet | Also posted in global health, Media-related issues, public health, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (22)

Research suggests new avenues for beating dengue fever

August 26, 2011 – 10:50 am

Linda Marsa, an investigative journalist from Los Angeles, has recently been in Australia, researching climate change and related health impacts for articles and a book. You may remember her previous book, Prescription for Profits: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Bankrolled the Unholy Marriage Between Science and Business (1997). Below she writes about Australian research published this [...]

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