🆕Research alert🧬A newly published systematic review reveals in Thailand lower overall prevalence (~3.6%) of Enterobiasis (aka threadworm or pinworm infection) than global/regional estimates- but it's still a significant concern for children mdpi.com/2076-3271/13... #PublicHealth

📢 Come & join the #HEALNetwork GRC at HRI - UC. We’re on the lookout for dedicated & innovative Post-Doctoral Researchers in #Environmental #Health Modelling to join our dynamic team! #climatehealth #PublicHealth #climate Closes 11.55pm AEDT, 28 Oct 2025: uctalent.canberra.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...

🔥 Woodsmoke & health study update! UC GRC & WIMR just wrapped up fieldwork in Sydney. Huge thanks to the team & amazing participants 🙌💚 Sensors, air filters, lung tests & diaries — all done over 8 weeks! Now recruiting - VIC, ACT & TAS next winter ❄️#AirQuality #Asthma #CleanAir🌬️

SE Asia Day 1 | Field Visits in Palembang, Indonesia As part of the ongoing #HEALHAZE and #CANBREATHE collaboration, the @HEALenviron team spent a day in Palembang, Indonesia, engaging with schools, local government, and community members. #CleanAir #ClimateHealth #AirPollution

✨6 weeks to go until #HEAL2025! 'Thanks for the conference opportunity & particularly the free registration. That type of accessibility is invaluable as it's getting very hard to access funds for registration & related travel' - #HEAL2024 Testimonial' healnetwork.vfairs.com

Did you know the 'Health and Wellbeing Technical Report' as part of the National Climate Risk Assessment, cited several publications including a 2014 study by #HEALNetwork Director- Prof Sotiris Vardoulakis. #climatehealth The study was highlighted & he responded theaustralian.com.au/nation/cold-...

' #HEALNetwork welcomes the release of 1st National Climate Risk Assessment & National Adaptation Plan. It's clear #climatechange poses severe & escalating risks to the #health of communities & environment, requiring proactive & strategic adaptation in the health sector & beyond' - Prof Vardoulakis

As the weather warms across Australia, #HEALNetwork GRC has launched an Australian-first #ClimateRes project to assess how community centres can provide shelter from exposure, & drive #climatechange adaptation in the face of changing urban environments. www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/med...

The #HEALNetwork – SA Hub was quote in this article -'the scale of the bloom reflects global climate shifts. Australia must show regional leadership on #climatemitigation while also preparing for ongoing adaptation'. Algal bloom threatens health, culture and Country www.croakey.org/algal-bloom-...

Happy 🌬️ International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 💙 In Australia, a National #CleanAir Strategy with dedicated resources for leadership & implementation, to tackle health & wellbeing impacts of air pollution is vital so we all can breathe clean air and safe air safeair.org.au/open-letter/

⏰ Just hours left to submit your Abstract for #HEAL2025! 🎉 Shoutout to Dr Price and Ms Oberai — last year’s best EMCR e-Poster Award winners! 👏 Get yours in before it’s too late! healnetwork.vfairs.xn--com-0033b #PublicHealth #Climatehealth #ResearchImpact

🌬️ #AirPollution is a hidden #PublicHealth risk—especially for people with #Asthma & CALD communities. 📢 New research shows CALD groups face greater exposure & fewer protections. #HEALNetwork is raising awareness with bilingual tools to empower action! healnetwork.org.au/heal-observa...

NEW RESEARCH: Australians lost up to 2.3 years for women & 2.7 years for men in life expectancy due to long-term PM2.5 exposure🔥 NT & rural areas hit hardest due to wildfires #Asthma, hospital visits & breathing issues spike due to #Airpollution healnetwork.org.au/heal-observa... #ClimateHealth

📸🎥 We are excited to launch the #HEAL2025 Photo & Video Contest! 🌿🌏 A creative lead-up to our Nov conference: Weaving Diverse Knowledges into Climate Action for Better Health. 🎁 Prizes + winning entries featured on the new HEAL website! 🕒 Deadline: 5pm AEST, 30 Sept 2025 www.healnetwork.org.au

It’s #AsthmaWeek, let’s attack asthma before the symptoms start! #Airpollution affects us all especially people with asthma. Sources like bushfires, cars & wood heaters release PM2.5, triggering symptoms & attacks #HEALnetwork #HealthyAir project, funded by #AsthmaAustralia made easy-to-read flyers

What a fantastic webinar today! #HEALNetwork Investigators Webinar explored the impacts of #TropicalCycloneAlfred on SE QLD - from 🌧️ forecasting challenges to 🏥 health impacts and 📻 the role of radio in supporting communities. Recording on healnetwork.org.au shortly. #ExtremeEvents #publichealth

🎉 Exciting news- Abstract submission deadline has been extended! Submit for #HEAL2025 – 5th Intl Conference now by Sun 7 Sept, 11:59 PM AEST (healnetwork.vfairs.com) We want to ensure everyone can contribute to this important event focused on #climatehealth, #equity, #publichealth & #climateaction.

📢 Friendly reminder! The next #HEALNetwork Investigators Webinar is happening today at 12.30pm! Join us to explore the intersection of #ClimateHealth, #ExtremeEvents, and the impacts of #CycloneAlfred on community health. 🌱 All welcome! 🔗 Register here: events.humanitix.com/tropical-cyc...

🌟 Today we launched the #ClimateRes project, led by @HEALenviron GRC @UniCanberra & funded by @nhmrc. 🚀 Launched by Mr Rattenbury MLA & Prof Lincoln, the project will evaluate community resilience centres as #publichealth interventions for heat & smoke healnetwork.org.au/projects #ClimateHealth

🚨 Just over 24 hours left to submit abstracts for e-posters and oral presentations at #HEAL2025! 🗓️ Deadline: 5pm AEST, Fri 29 August 2025 🏆 Awards for Best E-Poster, Oral Presentation & Indigenous Project. 🔗 Submit: healnetwork.vfairs.com #ClimateHealth #HEALNetwork #PublicHealth

🌡️ #Heatwaves are intensifying each year, posing growing health risks — especially for vulnerable groups -Lancet Countdown, Oceania. 📢 Tomorrow #HEALNetwork GRC will launch the #ClimateRes project to assess community resilience centres for heat & smoke. Join us: events.humanitix.com/healactcop-c...!

🌧️ Queensland & NSW have faced major #flooding this year — #climatechange is making these events more intense & frequent. 📚A recent review by Dr Bailie & members from HEAL team shows floods impact physical & mental #health — PTSD, distress, child development & more 🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...

🗓️ Just 1 week left Submit your abstract for #HEAL2025 by 5pm AEST, Fri 29 Aug 🏆 Prizes: • Best E-Poster • Best Oral Presentation • Best Indigenous Project healnetwork.vfairs.com From #HEAL2024: LCS tech offers detailed air quality insights—but quality assurance is key (healnetwork.org.au).

✨Only 2 weeks to go! Abstracts close soon for #HEAL2025 🌏 Just announced: a special pre-conference session on #AsiaPacific community-led responses to #environmentalchange 🌱 🌀 Join us: hybrid, 4 days to connect, collaborate & drive a healthier, climate-resilient future. 📢 Submit now lnkd.in/dydPTpht

📣 3 of 3 Great Upcoming Events for HEALers! 🌏 🗓️Event 3: #HEAL2025 Weaving Diverse Knowledges into #ClimateAction for #BetterHealth’: 4-6 Nov Great 2024 poster proposal to recognize investment in #breastfeeding as a #carbonoffset 📢 Call for Abstracts healnetwork.vfairs.com

📣 2 of 3 Great Upcoming Events for HEALers! 🌏 🗓️ Event 2: ‘Health and Human Services Mapping - New Approaches’, Wednesday, August 20, 2025 🕤 Time: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM 📍 Location: On UC campus at the UC or online #MappingHealth #HumanServices canberra.edu.au/about-uc/fac...

📣 1 of 3 Great Upcoming Events for HEALers! 🌏 🗓️ Event 1: 'Bushfires and Your Health’ is a free and award-winning online short course for anyone interested in how bushfires and bushfire smoke affect your health – and what you can do about it. bushfirehealth.mooc.utas.edu.au/course/20354

📢 Join us for the next #HEALNetwork Investigators Webinar! 🌱 All are welcome! 🔗 Register here: events.humanitix.com/tropical-cyc... #Climatehealth #Extremeevents #CycloneAlfred #healthimpacts

The @healenviron.bsky.social is thrilled to announce the successful applicants of our 1st grant scheme, designed to support the professional growth of #HDR #EMCR members✨ A huge thank you to HEAL EMCR SC for designing & leading this fantastic initiative, check out healnetwork.org.au/heal-observa...

Research Findings from #HEAL2024 - #NSW bushfire events were associated with a decrease in blood donations🔥 Despite this, there is still limited understanding of how #climatechange will impact each stage of the #bloodsupply chain (4 weeks to go for #HEAL2025 abstracts close - healnetwork.vfairs.com)

🌿Do you know how much CO₂e emissions are released into the atmosphere due to desflurane use in Australian hospitals? 💨 Desflurane is a highly potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential more than 2,500 times that of CO2 over 100 years. healnetwork.org.au/heal-observa...

👏 Thank you to our four fantastic speakers 🎤 & Katy Bell, UniSyd for chairing today's #HEALNetwork Investigators webinar. Thanks also to the 100+ attendees 🙌 as it strengthens @HEALenviron by building collaborations🤝, sharing knowledge 📚, and improving the lives of our communities ❤️

📢 Friendly reminder that the HEAL Network Investigators Webinar is on today - 1pm. Reach out in the comments or email [email protected] for the webinar link. We look forward to seeing you all soon 😊 #HEALNetwork #NetZeroHealth #ClimateHealth #publichealth

🔬 Rethinking Pathology Testing in Emergency Departments #Pathology testing in EDs is often overused, leading to avoidable financial & environmental costs without improving patient care- findings from #HEALNetwork Health System Resilience & Sustainability Theme www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#climatehealth #publichealth - input from #HEALNetwork

🌿 Happy World Nature Conservation Day! 🌏 To protect and preserve the earth for future generations, a collaborative effort is needed. Human health is impacted by the consequences of climate change, which in turn increases demand for health services. 🤝 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

🌏 Congratulations to #HEALNetwork Ro McFarlane & Jacki Schirmer from HRI UC on their appointment to ACT Climate Change Council! 👏 Their expertise will be invaluable as the Council works to guide the ACT’s transition to a climate-resilient, zero-emissions future, providing advice to ACT Minister Orr

⏳ Less than one week to go! Don’t miss out on these incredible back-to-back online webinars next Wednesday 30th July 2025 from 12-2pm 🎙️💻 📅 Register for Centre for Safe Air & @healenviron.bsky.social webinars by emailing [email protected] and utas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🌟 Come and join the HEAL Global Research Centre at the Health Research Institute - University of Canberra! A Senior Research Fellow or Associate Professor opportunity, to find out more visit: healnetwork.org.au/jobs-and-opp... 🗓️ Closes Monday 11.55pm, 21 July 2025

📢 #HEAL2025 Call for Abstracts - Closes 29 Aug 25! Did you know in #HEAL2024 we learnt that #Citizenscience led data collection is feasible in remote settings & can assist with real-time adaptation decision-making & low-cost sensor monitoring for baseline data to link #airquality to #healthoutcomes

Join us <2 weeks' time- HEAL Investigators Webinar 🗓️ Wednesday 30 July 2025 🕐 1:00 – 2:00pm AEST 💻 Online via MS Teams 🌱 Hosted by the #HealthSystems #Resilience and #Sustainability theme, this session will explore innovative approaches to building resilient, #sustainable, & #netzero health systems

🌿 @healenviron.bsky.social Victoria Community of Practice Meeting – Our future leaders shaping #climatehealth & more #sustainablecommunities🌟 Thrilled to host this week, 40 people in person & more online, 5 #PhD students presented #futureresearch followed by provoking #career panel discussion

SE Asia | Thank you! @healenviron.bsky.social wraps up an incredible series of visits & regional workshops across #Cambodia, #Thailand & #Laos, we extend our deepest thanks to all the partners from Australia & Southeast Asia who supported & participated in #HEALHAZE #CANBREATHE collaborations

SE Asia Day 12 | University of Health Sciences Laos PDR & Natural Resource and Environment Research Institute (NRERI) As part of the SE Asian projects, @healenviron.bsky.social had the opportunity to deepen collaborations & form a shared vision for healthier, #climateresilient communities

📢 NEW @healenviron.bsky.social KNOWLEDGE: Did you know that pressurised metered dose inhalers emit 10–30x more #CO2 than low-emission alternatives like dry powder & soft mist inhalers - which are often clinically equivalent💡First comprehensive estimate of #CO2emissions lnkd.in/dv3ArpRi

SE Asia Day 11 | Vientiane - Regional Policy Workshop on Tackling the #Healthimpacts of #Hazepollution in Southeast Asia & Australia >40 delegates discussed transboundary haze, #climatechange #publichealth to empower vulnerable communities, prioritize local adaptation strategies healnetwork.org.au

SE Asia Day 10 | National University of Laos (NUOL) & Visits in Vientiane (Lao PDR) #HEALNetwork #HEALHAZE & #CANBREATHE regional collaboration began at Faculty of Engineering NUOL & ended with guided laboratory tour & productive exchanges with researchers on strengthening #airquality #climatehealth

SE Asia Day 09 | Field visits in Luang Prabang #HEALHAZE #CANBREATHE visits provided perspectives on challenges & opportunities faced by educators & caregivers in protecting children from #airpollution #environhealth & a shared commitment to creating safer, healthier learning spaces for Lao children

SE Asia Day 08 | Field Visits in Chiang Mai (Thailand) Part of #HEALHAZE & #CANBREATHE collaborations, @healenviron.bsky.social spent a meaningful day in Chiang Mai visiting several early childhood education centers & mountainous regions to better understand local environmental conditions #health

SE Asia Day 07 | Chiang Mai University @healenviron.bsky.social had the privilege of visiting the Research Institute for Health Sciences at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Day included presentations, tour of the DIY air purifier setup & RIHES #environmentalhealth laboratories. #climatehealth