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News and media Food taxes and subsidies could transform Australians' diets Date published: 14 Jul 2025 News Type: Media release New study recommends measures to address stigma faced by burn survivors in health facilities Date published: 01 Jul 2025 Node Type: Media release One in five US foods and drinks contain synthetic dyes, study shows Date published: 25 Jun 2025 Node Type: Media release Creeping rates of poor mental health show depressed, anxious state is ‘new normal’ for half of Australian women Date published: 23 Jun 2025 Node Type: Media release UNSW Sydney and The George Institute for Global Health sign expanded 10-year affiliation agreement Date published: 20 Jun 2025 Node Type: Media release Catalyst Partnership Grant win to propel salt switch program in Australia Date published: 12 Jun 2025 Node Type: News New tools help map food environments in India, offering hope Against “Hidden Hunger” Date published: 06 Jun 2025 Node Type: Media release View all newsEvents Advancing Inclusive Health Governance: Implementing the WHA77 Resolution on Social Participation for UHC, Health, and Well-being Event date 21 May 2025 In-person From recommendations to reality: A new tool to track CEDAW’s impact Event date 20 Mar 2025 In-person Reducing hypertension: The role of low sodium salt substitutes for population health Event date 07 Mar 2025 In-person View all eventsVideos and podcasts Sundarbarns Drowning Project – Mriganka's Story Published date 14 Jul 2025 Ubuntu Reflections Ep 2 - Unpacking barriers and facilitators to cross-cultural sense making for building equitable health research partnerships Episode 39 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins Ubuntu Reflections Ep 1: Research partnerships — gatekeepers, champions, and the allure of going rogue Beyond the body episode 3 When Tax Becomes a Tool of Abuse: Unpacking Economic Abuse and Financial Control Episode 37 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins Beyond the body episode 2 Caring & Careers: The hidden load of carers Episode 36 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins Beyond the body episode 1 Not One-Size-Fits-All: How Sex and Gender shape our health Episode 35 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins View all videosView all podcasts
Food taxes and subsidies could transform Australians' diets Date published: 14 Jul 2025 News Type: Media release
New study recommends measures to address stigma faced by burn survivors in health facilities Date published: 01 Jul 2025 Node Type: Media release
One in five US foods and drinks contain synthetic dyes, study shows Date published: 25 Jun 2025 Node Type: Media release
Creeping rates of poor mental health show depressed, anxious state is ‘new normal’ for half of Australian women Date published: 23 Jun 2025 Node Type: Media release
UNSW Sydney and The George Institute for Global Health sign expanded 10-year affiliation agreement Date published: 20 Jun 2025 Node Type: Media release
Catalyst Partnership Grant win to propel salt switch program in Australia Date published: 12 Jun 2025 Node Type: News
New tools help map food environments in India, offering hope Against “Hidden Hunger” Date published: 06 Jun 2025 Node Type: Media release
Advancing Inclusive Health Governance: Implementing the WHA77 Resolution on Social Participation for UHC, Health, and Well-being Event date 21 May 2025 In-person
Reducing hypertension: The role of low sodium salt substitutes for population health Event date 07 Mar 2025 In-person
Ubuntu Reflections Ep 2 - Unpacking barriers and facilitators to cross-cultural sense making for building equitable health research partnerships Episode 39 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins
Ubuntu Reflections Ep 1: Research partnerships — gatekeepers, champions, and the allure of going rogue
Beyond the body episode 3 When Tax Becomes a Tool of Abuse: Unpacking Economic Abuse and Financial Control Episode 37 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins
Beyond the body episode 2 Caring & Careers: The hidden load of carers Episode 36 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins
Beyond the body episode 1 Not One-Size-Fits-All: How Sex and Gender shape our health Episode 35 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins
