More private hospitals will face similar financial troubles and some will be forced to close. Here’s what this means for patients, the public system and the budget.
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When people with lived experience contribute to the design and delivery of health care and research, it means services are used more and fairer outcomes achieved.
Australians are waiting longer and longer for their first psychiatry appointment, especially outside major cities.
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.
Top contributors
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
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Full Professor and Director Compassion Research Lab, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
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Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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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
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Public Health Medicine Specialist and Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of Strategy & IB, University of Bath
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Senior Technical Adviser, Tony BIair Institute; Honorary Senior Public Health Adviser to the Director Africa CDC and Associate Fellow, Global Health Programme, Chatham House
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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate professor in public health and social justice, University of Canterbury
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Adjunct professor, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Université Laval
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Lecturer in Climate Change and Health, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Faculty, Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
