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  • 标题:Australian public health policy in 2003 – 2004
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  • 作者:Vivian Lin ; Priscilla Robinson
  • 期刊名称:Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
  • 电子版ISSN:1743-8462
  • 出版年度:2005
  • 卷号:2
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:7
  • DOI:10.1186/1743-8462-2-7
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:BioMed Central
  • 摘要:

    In Australia, compared with other developed countries the many and varied programs which comprise public health have continued to be funded poorly and unsystematically, particularly given the amount of publicly voiced political support.

    In 2003, the major public health policy developments in communicable disease control were in the fields of SARS, and vaccine funding, whilst the TGA was focused on the Pan Pharmaceutical crisis. Programs directed to health maintenance and healthy ageing were approved. The tertiary education sector was involved in the development of programs for training the public health workforce and new professional qualifications and competencies. The Abelson Report received support from overseas experts, providing a potential platform for calls to improve national funding for future Australian preventive programs; however, inconsistencies continued across all jurisdictions in their approaches to tackling national health priorities. Despite 2004 being an election year, public health policy was not visible, with the bulk of the public health funding available in the 2004/05 federal budget allocated to managing such emerging risks as avian flu. We conclude by suggesting several implications for the future.

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