Australians are waiting longer and longer for their first psychiatry appointment, especially outside major cities.
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Implementing health reforms is complex – unpredictable forces make the outcomes difficult to control or foresee.
The Palestinian enclave faces an interconnected series of crises that will amplify the human costs of conflict even when the bombing ends.
It’s all too common for health professionals and departments to slip into silo mentalities.
Argentinians will vote in a new president on Oct. 22, 2023. But the front-runner’s plans to slash health funding might find resistance.
Further research is needed in order to quantify the costs of extreme heat so we can reduce its damaging effects now and in the future.
Primary health care systems must become more resilient as the effects of climate change worsen.
The vulnerability of migrants was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic when restrictions affected people’s ability to travel to access treatment.
COVID-19 and responses to the pandemic have increased our attention on how individuals and systems cope with stress-inducing shocks.
The HealthcareLCA database is an interactive tool for exploring health care’s significant environmental impact. It can inform changes in health policy and practice, and identify areas for research.
Here’s what needs to happen next for our health systems to cope with the latest COVID wave.
Since the war broke out, some healthcare workers have lost their jobs, others have been displaced, wounded, threatened or killed.
To attain a new health order, African governments need to bolster investment in research and development, innovation and manufacturing of health tools.
The challenges presented by the pandemic are an opportunity for African health systems to move beyond their current limitations.
More cases of long COVID can put strain on our health system. So we need to think about where and how we offer care.
Budgets on their own don’t solve structural issues. But they do provide some insight into government plans for addressing its broader developmental priorities.
The Australian government may have announced its net zero plan, but it has yet to factor in the health sector or the health of its people.
Relying on donor funding means that the funder ultimately determines the health priorities. This is one reason why many programmes in Africa focus on a single disease such as HIV.
Most facilities prioritize COVID-19 cases. In addition, curfews are still in effect in Kenya, which affects the working hours of clinics providing hypertension care services.
AI can supplement the efforts of available medical personnel - and help keep them safe.
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Distinguished Professor, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
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Prof, University of Pretoria
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Associate Lecturer in Climate Change and Health, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Clinical Professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Strategy & IB, University of Bath
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Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Professor, University of the Western Cape
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Adjunct professor, La Trobe University
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Professor in Global Health Infection and Immunity. and co-Director of the Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh
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Director of Professional Practice, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Research Associate to the Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
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Dr Yogan Pillay is the director for HIV and TB delivery at the Bill and Melinda Gates and He is currently extraordinary professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Pretoria
