New CAPHIA Facebook page

CAPHIA now has a Facebook page!

The CAPHIA Facebook page provides up to date, accurate information for contemporary public health issues and education relevant to our community. We would love it if you could ‘like’ the page and send it to your friends too.

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Congratulations to the winners of the CAPHIA Awards 2018!

Every year, CAPHIA celebrates the achievements of excellent public health teaching and research staff across Australia and New Zealand. This year CAPHIA congratulates:

CAPHIA 2018 Award for Excellence and Innovation in Public Health Teaching

Professor Melissa Haswell, Queensland University of Technology

CAPHIA 2018 Award for Excellence and Innovation in Public Health Teaching (Early Career)

Dr Tazeen Majeed, University of Newcastle

CAPHIA 2018 President’s Award for Enhancing the Public Health Workforce Through Mentoring

Professor Kylie Ball,

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Statement on Foundation for a Smoke Free World

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Statement on Foundation for a Smoke Free World

The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA), the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), and the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) note with concern the announcement that Philip Morris International plans to contribute nearly $1 billion to a not-for-profit organisation known as Foundation for a Smoke Free World.

We will not accept any kind of funding or support from Foundation for a Smoke Free World,

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CAPHIA contributes to Labor Health Summit

The CAPHIA Executive Director, Dr Devin Bowles, was one of approximately 150 participants at the ALP’s Health Summit at Parliament House on 3 March 2017. The ALP had 20-25 MPs in attendance, so it was a really good opportunity to influence thinking about health outside of the shadow health portfolio.

As the Summit concluded, Devin was interviewed about his thoughts on the day by Croakey.

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