10 episódios
This podcast could save your life WA Health
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- Saúde e fitness
WA Health is Western Australia’s public health system. We have many health industry experts in the WA health system who feature in many of the news articles you read in newspapers and online. These experts have a wealth of information, and through most news and social media, they reveal only a fraction of their knowledge. Through this series of podcasts, we tackle big, complex, important health topics – and they might just save your life.
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Talk, test, protect
Hear about all things sexual health in our latest podcast episode with Dr Donna Mak, Public Health Physician, Department of Health’s Communicable Disease Control Directorate.
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The buzz about mosquitoes
Dr Andrew Jardine, managing scientist at the Department of Health, provided his valuable insight into the recent rise of serious mosquito-borne viruses across the state.
Listen in as he explores the reason for recent warnings from the department to cover up and use repellent to avoid infection. -
Helping asthmatics breathe easier
Dr John Blakey, Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Ms Brooke Kyle, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital join Paula Voce to discuss all things asthma.
Throughout the podcast, Dr Blakely and Ms Kyle discuss some of the ways people can manage their asthma, as well as some of the growing research initiatives within WA. -
Harmony Week
Ms Brenda Kamau, Public Health Nurse, Humanitarian Entrant Health Service and the Western Australian Tuberculosis Control Program, and Dr Prani Shrivastava, Anaesthetist, Perth Children’s Hospital, talk to Paula Voce from the Department of Health Western Australia.
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Funding medical innovation in Western Australia
John Van Der Wielen, Chair of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund (FHRI) talks to Paula Voce from the Department of Health Western Australia.
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COVID-19 with Dr Andy Robertson, CHO at the WA Department of Health
Several practical measures, a lot of hard work and unprecedented cooperation have contributed to Western Australia’s success in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the State is well prepared should there be a second wave.