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Expressions of Interest - Community proposals to
address social determinants of health
Tasmania
Medicare Local is seeking expressions of interest from eligible communities to
develop projects that address social determinants of health which impact on the
health status of their residents. TML has identified 18 Tasmanian ‘communities
of priority’ and funding of up to $350,000 per community is available for
project development and implementation. Up to nine communities will be funded.
Communities
eligible to apply for funding are:
Northern
region – Break O’Day, Dorset, George Town, Glamorgan/Spring Bay,
Launceston
North
west region – Burnie, Devonport, Kentish, Waratah/Wynyard, West Coast
Southern
region – Brighton, Central Highlands, Derwent Valley, Glenorchy, Huon
Valley, Sorell, Southern Midlands, Tasman.
More
information about Social Determinants of Health Strategy funding can be found on the Tasmania Medicare Local’s website: www.tasmedicarelocal.com.au or by
calling a social determinants of health project coordinator on 6425 0800.
TasCOSS Election Campaign
12
February 2014
TasCOSS
officially launched its State Election campaign for the community sector today
with the release of the Call to the Parties document at a media conference in
Hobart.
Review of Existing Mental Health Services
and Programmes
The
Australian Government has assigned the National Mental Health Commission to
conduct a national review of mental health services and programmes.
This
review will examine existing mental health services and programmes across the
government, private and non-government sectors. The focus of the review
will be to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of programmes and services
in supporting individuals experiencing mental ill health and their families and
other support people to lead a contributing life and to engage productively in
the community.
For more information visit:
Closing the Gap: Prime Minister’s Report
2014
The Lancet—University of Oslo Commission on
Global Governance for Health The political origins of health inequity:
prospects for change
Published February 11, 2014
Despite large gains in health over the past few decades, the distribution
of health risks worldwide remains extremely and unacceptably uneven. Although
the health sector has a crucial role in addressing health inequalities, its
efforts often come into conflict with powerful global actors in pursuit of
other interests such as protection of national security, safeguarding of sovereignty,
or economic goals. This report examines power disparities and dynamics across a
range of policy areas that affect health and that require improved global
governance: economic crises and austerity measures, knowledge and intellectual
property, foreign investment treaties, food security, transnational corporate
activity, irregular migration, and violent conflict.
HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUITY AND HEALTH
PROCEEDINGS
FROM A MEETING OF THE HEALTH EQUITY NETWORK
HELD
AT THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
