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Nursing the next generation
Tracey Bruce | April 29, 2020Health services need to consider the impact of COVID-19 on the work of the maternal and child health nurses who give preventative care and support to women and families in the community.
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Nurses are not just needed now, they are essential to post-pandemic recovery
Stacy Blythe | April 5, 2020Nurses have proven their worth during the COIVD-19 pandemic and they will also play a key role in the country’s post-pandemic recovery.
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A chance to reframe health politics
George Disney | March 30, 2020The response to COVID-19 is a reminder of the huge capacity of states to improve health outcomes and exposes how our acceptance of suffering on the basis of ‘affordability’ costs lives.
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A global emergency demands a global solution
Peter Drysdale | March 20, 2020Dealing with the crisis alone incurs only deeper health and economic costs. Tackling a crisis that knows no borders demands a truly global response.
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Understanding – and enforcing – self-isolation
Maria O Sullivan | March 20, 2020Australia will likely hit a peak in coronavirus cases around the height of flu season, further straining our health system and increasing the likely death toll. Getting a flu vaccination in addition to other health measures will help.
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Testing new arrivals could save more lives
Wayne Robertson | March 15, 2020It would be a tragedy if the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread because the authorities failed to give swab tests to everyone who meets the appropriate criteria.
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Regional leadership and responses to the coronavirus
ANU Editorial Board | March 14, 2020Greater communication and coordination between all countries is needed until the scientific community develops a vaccine to halt the spread of the new coronavirus.
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Australia could fare worse than China in the virus outbreak
Open Forum | March 13, 2020Australia could see higher death rates from the novel coronavirus outbreak than China, due to our relatively older population and the more severe symptoms they suffer.
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COVID-19: Profit or people?
Jason Kasses | March 11, 2020It’s time for Australia to take real action to prevent coronavirus taking hold in this country. Closing the nation’s borders to foreign visitors could help us contain the virus and protect our most vulnerable citizens from harm.
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Protect the nation – or international trade?
Nicholas Coatsworth | March 10, 2020COVID-19 has created a tightrope on which governments must balance between protecting their own citizens and maintaining diplomatic and trading relationships abroad.
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Taking the panic out of the pandemic
Open Forum | March 6, 2020In the wake of Australia’s first coronavirus-related death on Sunday, the nation now has just a small window of opportunity to avoid hitting the panic button.
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Estimating the economic impact of coronavirus
David Uren | March 6, 2020Just as the course of the virus is uncertain, so too is its likely economic impact; predictions vary wildly and it’s difficult to trace the effects of previous epidemics.