• Headlines on health

  • By: SBS
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Headlines on health

By: SBS
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  • Summary

  • Follow the latest news about health and wellness, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team. Hear the story behind the headline.
    Copyright 2024, Special Broadcasting Services
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Episodes
  • Meet the Kenyan women helping solve a critical shortage in this essential item

    Meet the Kenyan women helping solve a critical shortage in this essential item
    Sep 30 2024
    Not having enough money to buy period products is a major problem for women and girls around the world. The Kenyan government is considered a global leader in access to sanitary products repealing added taxes on pads and tampons in 2004, and passing a law in 2017 to make period products free for school girls. And one charity is helping disabled women in the coastal city of Mombasa earn a living by making reusable period pads.
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    3 mins
  • Health professionals say Australia needs a centre for disease control

    Health professionals say Australia needs a centre for disease control
    Sep 30 2024
    Public health experts are calling on the government to make good on its election promise to institute a permanent centre for disease control to ensure we're prepared for the next pandemic. While the final report from an independent inquiry into Australia's pandemic response has been delayed, health professionals say the government needs to act with urgency to ensure a coordinated prevention effort can keep Australians safe
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    7 mins
  • One in five Australian children are living with chronic pain - and often, help is not at hand

    One in five Australian children are living with chronic pain - and often, help is not at hand
    Sep 28 2024
    One in five Australian children suffer from chronic pain. But new research shows the problem is often ignored, leading to delays in diagnosis and treatment. That can affect their physical and mental development.
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    4 mins
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