Dr George Disney
Research Fellow In Social Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Health & Medicine
Rising caesarean rates and inequality
Global rates of caesarean section are rising alarmingly, especially in Asia, and as the Indonesian experience shows, these rates are accompanied by widening inequality in access
Health & Medicine
COVID-19 can reframe health politics
The response to COVID-19 is a reminder of the huge capacity of states to improve health outcomes and exposes how our acceptance of suffering on the basis of ‘affordability’ costs lives
Health & Medicine
Health data saves lives: We need to be using it better
Concerns about data privacy are valid. But sharing data saves lives, and Australia lags behind best practice overseas where researchers are safely accessing information to improve health
Health & Medicine
Is life getting better for people with disabilities?
New study suggests we’ve made only mixed progress in improving the lives of people with disabilities, underscoring the need for better data and monitoring