Respiratory diseases
Alternative labels
Pulmonary diseases
Respiratory virus
Report
2024 Review of the Dust Diseases Scheme
This review of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Scheme focused on support for younger workers within the scheme and the risk factors and safety measures related to dust exposure in the tunnelling and quarrying industries in New South Wales.
Strategy
National immunisation strategy for Australia 2025–2030
The strategy provides a framework to increase and sustain immunisation uptake in Australia over the next five years. It sets a vision for a healthier Australia through immunisation. It is supported by a mission to reduce the impact of vaccine-preventable diseases through high uptake of safe, effective and equitable immunisation across the lifespan.
Report
2024 Annual Australian respiratory surveillance report
A report on the surveillance and epidemiology of acute respiratory infections in Australia in 2024, with a focus on the nationally notifiable conditions coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Overall it finds there was high acute respiratory infection activity with moderate severity but a lower burden on health system utilisation in...
Report
State of child health in Aotearoa NZ
This report presents data and insights that demonstrate the worsening state and continued inequity of child health in New Zealand, and calls for concerted action that is grounded in robust evidence. The report shows that Māori children, Pasifika children, and children living in areas of socioeconomic deprivation are significantly disproportionately affected by key health concerns.
Report
National sustainable asthma care roadmap: roundtable report
This project responds to the National Health and Climate Strategy action to improve respiratory health outcomes and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from respiratory inhalers. This roadmap presents a compelling vision for the future of asthma care in Australia. Governance and resourcing are now required to progress a collaborative national implementation strategy.