National Preventative Health Taskforce

Australia’s first National Preventative Health Strategy launched today

4 Sep 2009, 2.39 PM
Australia’s first National Preventative Health Strategy launched today

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has today received Australia’s first National Preventative Health Strategy from Committee Chair, Professor Rob Moodie of the Nossal Institute for Global Health at the University of Melbourne.

The 307 page report includes a broad range of recommendations to be implemented in three stages until 2020, to reduce the burden of obesity, alcohol and tobacco on Australian’s health and wellbeing.