Proud to be Aussie hearing Mark Butler MP speak up for global health, highlighting Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 Partnerships for Healthy Region & Aus’ flexible #InvestInWHO funding.
Like the World Bank, Mins of Treasury & Finance should value multi-year health investments as keys to prosperity.
#WHA77

Important #WHA77 #InvestInWHO Roundtable - Hearing powerful voices articulating not only why investing in #health & World Health Organization (WHO) makes sense, but many references to need to take joint approaches to solving newer health challenges which cross borders - including social media. #CDOH

📢BREAKING: Together with the whole NCD community, we are launching Global Week for Action on #NCDs ! 🎉
📅This year's dates: 15 - 22 Oct.
📢We call on global leaders to #LeadOnNCDs & #ActOnNCDs to save millions of lives worldwide.
First resources here: actonncds.org

“Troubling increases in high [Fasting Plasma Glucose], high BMI, & other risk factors related to obesity & metabolic syndrome [inc. high systolic blood pressure & LDL cholesterol] indicate urgent need to identify & implement interventions”
#GBDStudy The Lancet Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) #ActOnNCDs

🩸 We all have #BloodPressure but not everyone knows what their BP is.
🧐 Why is it good to #KnowYourNumbers ?
⚠️ High BP can be a warning sign of chronic disease.
📊 I monitor my BP when I donate blood,
🏃🏻‍♀️ & maintain normal BP with exercise & a healthy diet.
#WorldHypertensionDay

🗺️Countries everywhere are taking action to better prevent & manage #ChronicDisease , improving evidence on what works.
💡To help governments prioritise investments to #ActOnNCDs World Health Organization (WHO) has assessed the evidence & updated a menu of recommended ' #BestBuys '
🔗who.int/publications/i…

Good news, or a reminder of chronic under-funding of active transport?
Walking & cycling paths will get a $100 million boost in upcoming federal budget, in the biggest national active transport investment in more than a decade.
canberratimes.com.au/story/8619966/…
#AusPol
#HealthBudget2024

A #HealthyTransport win ahead of next week's Federal Budget! 🚲

$100 million has been committed to a new national Active Transport Fund, that will upgrade and deliver new bicycle and walking paths 👏👏
minister.infrastructure.gov.au/c-king/media-r…

This week is #HeartWeek2024 ❤️ To kick it off, play a game of heart-health bingo 😃

Discover how you can get involved with Heart Week! 📆 👉 pulse.ly/cz3oiaxpkf

Australia lagging on policies to support health, including a levy on sugar drinks.
#rethinksugarydrinks Peter Breadon
theconversation.com/a-tax-on-sugar… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

ICYMI - One of the highlights and most provoking contributions to Public Health Australia #Prevention2024 - some progress but still a long way to go, and still a lot more listening, learning & ceding power to do.
A worthy read.

Call: World Health Organization (WHO) Health Ethics and Governance Unit invites proposals to promote ethically sound and equitable Climate & Health research. Key areas include experiences of affected communities, mental health impacts & effective policy responses. Deadline 17 June. who.int/news-room/arti…

Focussing on prevention & health promotion at an individual level is destined to fail in a system where power & politics are fundamental heath determinants.

Aboriginal community control & self-determination are enablers of health.

Donna Ah Chee, CEO Congress #Prevention2024

Global study in The Lancet Public Health reveals stark differences in major causes of disease burden between females and males, underscoring the need for gender-responsive approaches to health. hubs.li/Q02vFZ2m0

Kicking off the final day of #Prevention2024 with Heart Foundation’s Garry Jennings, Natalie Raffoul & colleagues running a workshop on Australia’s new-ish CVD Risk Guidelines & Calculator.
Find out more: cvdcheck.org.au

When Ged Kearney launched the National Health & Climate strategy at #COP28 , it was welcomed by Australian & global advocates alike. After years of laying foundations, it gave hope.
Is it everything asked for? No
Is it enough? No
Is it a start? Yes
Fiona Armstrong #Prevention2024

Prof Tony Capon Monash Sustainable Development Institute calls on the public health community & beyond to strengthen eco-social (not only biomedical) approaches to health, acknowledge interdependence of systems & species, embracing Indigenous knowledge, & prioritising intergenerational equity
#Prevention2024

Great set of resources via Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) to build capacity in public health sector re #CDoH - Potentially useful to consider & adapt for Australian contexts? #Prevention2024
CAPHIA Melbourne School of Population and Global Health VicHealth Public Health Australia Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA) Rebecca Ivers Jenn Lacy-Nichols Rob Moodie Dr Sandro Demaio Alessandro Crocetti

🧍🏽‍♀️Jo Salmon gets #Prevention2024 delegates on their feet, & quizzes how many meet Australia’s Physical Activity Guidelines?
😕 We’re on-par with the general population.
🤔 Curious what the recommendations are?
💪 health.gov.au/topics/physica… #BeActive ISBNPA ISPAH Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity

ALPA is showing a way forward for reducing diet related chronic disease! #Prevention2024 .

This reinforces a theme that came out of #WHSMelbourne2024 - community led responses to ‘where the shoe is pinching’ is where effective solutions start. #ActOnNCDs