Taxes raise prices, and higher prices reduce smoking. But duty-free tobacco sales remain a policy anomaly and deny the government much-needed health revenue.
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Australians will save on the costs of scripts and on GP visits. But the budget doesn’t start the reforms needed to secure the health system’s long-term future.
The major logistical barrier to implementing the recommendations of the COVID inquiry is the downsizing of key government agencies needed to do this work.
New research puts a dollar value on the health benefits of visits to national parks within reach of the city. It works out to almost $100 worth of savings to the health budget for every visit.
Relying on donor funding means that the funder ultimately determines the health priorities. This is one reason why many programmes in Africa focus on a single disease such as HIV.
Tackling climate change involves changes in behaviour that would significantly improve people’s general health — and save money.
African leaders need to up their health allocations to help the new World Health Organisation Director-General meet his health care targets for the continent.
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor in Global Health Infection and Immunity. and co-Director of the Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh
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