Opinion
Read the latest opinion articles inspired by health and medicine research at ANU.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned attacks on health-care workers, patients and facilities “must not become the norm”.
Search
Analysis and opinion | 8 Mar 2022
Feeling fatigued? Here’s how to manage it
Many Australians live with fatigue including those with chronic fatigue syndrome. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and long COVID, or “post COVID-19 condition” as defined by the World Health Organisation, discussions about fatigue have become much more common.
Analysis and opinion | 13 Jan 2022
Feeling guilty for catching COVID? Here's how to manage it
If you've caught COVID, it's normal to experience a range of emotions — including guilt.
Analysis and opinion | 17 Dec 2021
The anxiety of a post-lockdown Christmas: an expert’s tips
PhD researcher and psychologist, Aflaha Khan, provides tips on emerging from the quiet of lockdown to the cacophony of real-world socialisation.
Analysis and opinion | 15 Oct 2021
International borders are about to open, but our research shows the plight of stranded Australians is not over
Australia’s international borders are due to reopen next month for people returning to states with 80% vaccination rates. But this does not mean the plight of Australians who have been stranded overseas during the pandemic is over.
Analysis and opinion | 10 Sep 2021
Policy Forum Pod: Time for work to change
Why does society still imagine work as distinct from everyday life? How can policymakers rethink how time is allocated to address gender inequity and improve population health?
Analysis and opinion | 9 Sep 2021
A social divide is emerging. Here's how to keep it together
There is a new divide in Australian society; the vaccinated versus the non-vaccinated.
Analysis and opinion | 23 Aug 2021
Why men need to work like a woman
The yardsticks we use to measure gender equality in the workplace — women working the high-flying jobs traditionally held by men and equal pay for equal work — are sizing-up a broken system.
Analysis and opinion | 13 Aug 2021
Feeling the winter blues? You’re not alone
A combination of reduced sunlight and colder temperatures can lead most of us into a winter hibernation. And whilst that is great for bears, it is not so great for humans.
Analysis and opinion | 25 Jun 2021
Policy Forum Pod: Learning from the Black Summer
It’s an experience no Australian wants to relive, but bushfire seasons like that of 2019/2020 are likely to increase in frequency due to climate change.
Analysis and opinion | 10 May 2021
Policy Forum Pod: A vision for a healthy Australia
Experts in the social determinants of health Sharon Friel and Sandro Demaio join hosts Arnagretta Hunter and Sharon Bessell to discuss realising the vision of a healthy Australia by 2030.