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News and media Crunch time for Health Star Ratings as voluntary phase nears end Date published: 13 Aug 2025 News Type: Media release The George Institute redesignated as official WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction Date published: 21 Aug 2025 Node Type: News Leading and learning on NCDs and Mental Health: A call to systemic action, July 29 Date published: 13 Aug 2025 Node Type: News AI to be used in national audit of sex and gender differences in medical curricula Date published: 07 Aug 2025 Node Type: News Treating hypertension with single pill combinations saves lives and money Date published: 30 Jul 2025 Node Type: Media release Mei Ling Yap honoured with 2025 Jeannie Ferris Award for dedication to equity in cancer Date published: 29 Jul 2025 Node Type: News Musculoskeletal team to study online ‘prehabilitation’ in common spinal surgery Date published: 29 Jul 2025 Node Type: News View all newsEvents Voices of Practice: A series on meaningful community engagement Event date 28 Aug 2025 Online The moral code - Ethics of using AI in health and medical research Event date 28 Aug 2025 Online Parliamentary breakfast: Australia's role in tackling global health threats Event date 29 Jul 2025 In-person Meaningful progress or empty promises? An analysis of how gender features in NCD action plans Event date 24 Jul 2025 Online 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 Full discussion: Gender in NCD Action Plans – meaningful progress or empty promises? Published date 01 Aug 2025 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 View all videosView all podcasts
Crunch time for Health Star Ratings as voluntary phase nears end Date published: 13 Aug 2025 News Type: Media release
The George Institute redesignated as official WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction Date published: 21 Aug 2025 Node Type: News
Leading and learning on NCDs and Mental Health: A call to systemic action, July 29 Date published: 13 Aug 2025 Node Type: News
AI to be used in national audit of sex and gender differences in medical curricula Date published: 07 Aug 2025 Node Type: News
Treating hypertension with single pill combinations saves lives and money Date published: 30 Jul 2025 Node Type: Media release
Mei Ling Yap honoured with 2025 Jeannie Ferris Award for dedication to equity in cancer Date published: 29 Jul 2025 Node Type: News
Musculoskeletal team to study online ‘prehabilitation’ in common spinal surgery Date published: 29 Jul 2025 Node Type: News
Parliamentary breakfast: Australia's role in tackling global health threats Event date 29 Jul 2025 In-person
Meaningful progress or empty promises? An analysis of how gender features in NCD action plans Event date 24 Jul 2025 Online
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
Full discussion: Gender in NCD Action Plans – meaningful progress or empty promises? Published date 01 Aug 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
