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CAPHIA Public Health Graduate Competency Framework now available

21/07/2026

Now available
CAPHIA Public Health Graduate Competency Framework
For Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea

The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) is proud to launch the CAPHIA Public Health Graduate Competency Framework for Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea – a regional framework that articulates the capabilities graduates need to strengthen public health systems and improve population health across our diverse region.

Developed across multiple years through one of the most extensive collaborations undertaken in public health education across the Australasia,

9 ideas to rapidly ease Australia’s fuel crisis

09/06/2026

9 ideas to rapidly ease Australia’s fuel crisis

The fuel crisis is not going away anytime soon and extending fuel tax cuts does nothing to reduce fuel use and costs a lot of money. CAPHIA has joined a coalition of transport and health organisations to respond to the fuel crisis.

We put forward nine practical ideas – to immediately relieve the dual pressures of the fuel crisis:

1. reduce fuel use

CAPHIA warns against dismantling Public Health at UTS

18/09/2025

Media Release:
CAPHIA warns against dismantling Public Health at UTS

September 18, 2025

The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA), representing university schools and departments of public health across Australia, Aoteroa New Zealand and the Pacific, expresses deep concern regarding the proposal by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to disestablish its School of Public Health.

Public health is a foundational discipline that underpins the health, wellbeing,

CAPHIA Strategic Plan 2025 – 2027

25/03/2025

CAPHIA Strategic Plan 2025 – 2027

CAPHIA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and pays respect to Elders past, present, and emerging. In Aotearoa New Zealand, we acknowledge Māori as tāngata whenua and uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Across the Pacific, we honour all Indigenous and First Nations peoples and recognise deep ancestral connections to land, waters, and community.

Building on our Success: CAPHIA Strategy 2025-2027

The CAPHIA Board of Directors are pleased to announce the launch of the CAPHIA Strategy 2025-2027,

Empowering the Next Generation: Insights from Early Career Academia in Public Health | Global Public Health Week 2024

01/03/2024

Empowering the Next Generation: Insights from Early Career Academia in Public Health | April 12 10am – 12pm AEST

Global Public Health Week 2024 Events

As part of the discussion surrounding best practice in public health for Global Public Health Week 2024, CAPHIA presented two interactive sessions featuring expert global academics and practitioners.

Event Overview
Registration
Presenters

Organised as part of Global Public Health Week,

Infodemic Management Masterclass | Global Public Health Week 2024 |

01/03/2024

Infodemic Management Masterclass
Recording, Slides & Resources now available

Global Public Health Week 2024 Events

As part of the discussion surrounding best practice in public health for Global Public Health Week, CAPHIA presented two interactive sessions featuring expert global academics and practitioners.

Event Overview
Presenters
Recording & Resources

The infodemic has been defined by WHO as ‘the overwhelming amount of information,

Vacancy | Head of Public Health at Flinders University

29/02/2024

Job Opportunity
Flinders University
Head of Public Health

Since 1966, Flinders University has been one of Australia’s most innovative and forward-thinking institutions of higher education. With campuses in Adelaide and throughout rural South Australia and the Northern Territory, the University is committed to creating knowledge and transforming lives by way of leading-edge teaching, learning and research activities, across a broad range of disciplines.

Presently, the University is seeking a seasoned leader to become Head of Public Health.

CAPHIA Chair Professor Rebecca Ivers awarded AM

12/06/2023

CAPHIA Director and Chair, Professor Rebecca Ivers recognised in the King’s Birthday 2023 Honours List on 12 June 2023.

CAPHIA are excited to share the news that our Director and Chair, Scientia Professor Rebecca Ivers has been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours as a Member (AM) in the General Division for her significant service to community health. Professor Ivers is a global leader in the field of injury prevention and has played a major role in shaping health across communities through an impactful programme of work spanning road injury,

Resources: 2022 Teaching and Learning Forum Keynotes & Plenary Panelists

27/02/2023

Event: Global Public Health Week Day 5

As part of the discussion surrounding best practice in public health for Global Public Health Week, CAPHIA will present four interactive sessions featuring expert academics and practitioners from across Australasia. On Day 5 CAPHIA will release recordings from the 2022 Teaching and Learning Forum – “Public Health Education: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions“.

On June 30th and July 1st 2022 Monash University Hosted the CAPHIA Teaching and Learning Forum.

Masterclass: The Climate Crisis and Health

16/02/2023

Event: Global Public Health Week Day 2

As part of the discussion surrounding best practice in public health for Global Public Health Week, CAPHIA will present four interactive sessions featuring expert academics and practitioners from across Australasia. On Day 2, two experts will discuss health risks arising from the extreme environmental impacts associated with the climate crisis currently affecting the entire globe.