A NEW CHAPTER: A NEW DECADE OF IMPACT At the end of another busy year which has seen the world start to build towards recovery, the events of COP26 in Scotland firmly in mind and the international borders opening up again, we hope life will return to some semblance of the pre-2020 normality albeit with the continued challenges of new variants of COVID-19 such as Omicron. 2200 STUDENTS
As the school develops the new strategic plan, the strong engagement with alumni who comprise over 75% of people who have attended the MPH and across 67 countries shows the strong and lasting connection that remains. For those of us based in Australia, following the formation of a National Cabinet last year, 2021 has seen the Australian National Health Reform Agreement signed and the Long Term Health Roadmap released. Similarly, active focus has been on Primary Care Taskforce 10 Year Planning and particularly importantly for all involved in public health, the National Preventive Health Strategy consultation in which many of the staff were involved in coordinating a response. In the Future of Health, CSIRO cite that the health system will start to shift and our
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expertise in public health to achieve this is keenly felt as one with a more distinct possibility given the learnings of the pandemic and the imperative to change.
