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Public Health Policy
3 articles
Antimicrobial Resistance in Australia: Stewardship, Surveillance, and the Path Through 2030
How Australia's National AMR Strategy 2020-2030, AURA surveillance data, persistent primary care over-prescribing for URTIs and dental indications, APVMA oversight of animal-use antibiotics, WHO AWaRe adoption, and a stalled global pipeline are reshaping antimicrobial stewardship policy.
Social Determinants of Health: Australia's Structural Barriers to Equitable Outcomes
Housing instability, low income, educational disadvantage, and unemployment drive health outcomes more than healthcare access. Here's the evidence on social determinants and the policy reforms needed to address health inequality in Australia.
Chronic Disease Prevention Funding in Australia: The Return on Investment Case
Australia spends less than 2% of its health budget on prevention despite chronic disease representing over 70% of the disease burden. This analysis examines the economic evidence for prevention investment, what the OECD comparison shows, and the policy reforms that would shift Australia's health system upstream.