REAL WORLD EXAMPLE: HLP1 – Shower Failure
November 8th, 2021
Over the past 20 years of Housing for Health, project teams have witnessed many failed showers – one of the most important pieces of Health Hardware in a house. All…
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EDUCATION: Healthabitat talks with RMIT students
November 5th, 2021
Director, David Donald, talks with RMIT students. RMIT run a multidisciplinary course on Housing and Health. Dave talked with students about priorities in Housing for Health and the risk of…
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NEWS: Shelter NSW – “Governments need to step up to resolve the housing crisis”
October 21st, 2021
The Government has announced a Regional Housing Taskforce in response to increasing pressures on the supply and affordability of housing in Regional NSW. Earlier this year, Shelter NSW independently committed…
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EVENT: October 15 is Global Handwashing Day
October 15th, 2021
The 2021 theme is, ‘Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together’. COVID-19 continues to highlight the critical role hand hygiene plays. Global Handwashing Day was founded…
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NEWS: Water Rights Question a Secure Water Supply for Inhabitants
October 12th, 2021
What will happen if the water runs dry? The fate of the NT’s largest ever groundwater extraction licence is distressing traditional owners of Ali Curung in the Barkley Region, NT….
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RESEARCH: Identifying Environmental Determinants Relevant to Health and Wellbeing in NT Remote Australian Indigenous Communities
October 7th, 2021
The condition of housing has long been associated with the health of people. Recent research featured in the Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin further proves the importance of ‘Housing for Health’;…
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NEWS/PROJECT FUNDING: Crowding continues to be an issue – Wilcannia is proof
September 23rd, 2021
Crowding has been acknowledged as a social determinant exasperating the risk of COVID-19 transmission. As various news articles report, 30 caravans have been established in Wilcannia as temporary accommodation for…
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All Housing for Health projects are on hold
September 9th, 2021
All Housing for Health Projects have been put on hold except for emergency repairs due to this latest COVID outbreak. There are over 13 active Housing for Health projects across…
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GOOD NEWS: The Trachoma Storybook #endingtrachoma in WA
August 26th, 2021
Australia is the only developed country that has endemic trachoma. Almost all cases of trachoma are detected in remote Aboriginal communities. The Environmental Health Trachoma Project #endingtrachoma aims to reduce…
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RESEARCH: Integrated Slum Upgrading, South Africa – The Water and Sanitation focus
August 12th, 2021
WSUP (Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor) uses evidence from various high density marginalised African cities to create a report and resource: Slum Upgrading: how can we link water…
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NEWS/ADVOCACY: Minimum standards for NSW accessible housing – NOT ADOPTED
August 9th, 2021
You might remember our February news item on the “Building Better Homes” initiative to see mandatory minimum accessibility requirements of ‘gold’ brought into the National Construction Code (NCC). In April…
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NEWS/CONCERN: US Heat Dome – Is Navajo Nation at risk?
August 6th, 2021
Learning about the effects of the current US Heat dome, Healthabitat is concerned for residents of the Navajo Nation – the largest land area home to a Native American tribe…
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