Health

NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern has annouced a goverment scheme to provide all school-aged people with free sanitary products.

Until we make structural changes we will continue to see unacceptably high rates of anxiety, depression and burnout in doctors.

The pandemic has made period poverty worse for those who already struggled to afford and source products to manage their periods safely and with dignity.

Laila Yaqoobi is a 19 year old nursing student, who knew her career would involve care after being ill as a child in Pakistan.

To say that the experience of having a child with Kawasaki disease was traumatic is an understatement. And we were one of the lucky ones.

The coronavirus crisis has starkly revealed the patchy & precarious provision of abortion in Australia, deepening existing inequalities in access.

New research reveals that many primary health care nurses feel they are being prevented from reaching their full potential.

Nursing is still considered a women’s job, and chronically under-valued. On International Nurses Day, we spoke to two leaders in the field.

Dr Nikki Stamp says that staying active, having a simple routine and maintaining contact with friends and family, even virtually, is crucial.

The number of adults reporting nervousness or restlessness has doubled compared to this time last year, according to an ABS COVID19 Survey.

One in ten Australians provide care for a loved one, sustaining families and saving governments huge sums on care services. But what do they do now?

Dr Jessica Hegedus issues a plea to Australian politicians to use what they’ve learnt on COVID-19 to address the climate curve, before it’s too late.