On June 7 wear your crazy socks and reflect on the mental health issues that many women in medicine are experiencing around stress, burnout, micro aggressions, depression and anxiety.
On 28th May, the current Director of Medecins San Frontieres, Dr Christos Christou, addressed the National Press Club in Canberra about Humanitarian Crises and the issues for health care workers in Sudan and Gaza. Watch the address.
World Environment Day 2024, observed on June 5th, carries the theme “Restore Our Earth.” In the last Triennium, AFMW and Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) signed a MOU and a specific interest group on Climate, Health and the Environment was initiated. Today DEA are asking for your support.
This week is National Reconciliation Week 2024 with the theme, Now More Than Ever. It is a reminder to all of us that no matter what the fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must continue.
May 26 is National Sorry Day. “I encourage you to use this day to recognise the survivors of the Stolen Generations and to educate ourselves and reflect on how we can all pay play apart in the healing process for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.” Dr Marjorie Cross, OAM
“The author explores the theme of healing from profound loss. She writes about family and love. And explores the issues of wealth and power and poverty. I think I am now a little better equipped to understand magic from Freya’s exploration of it.” Dr Marjorie Cross, OAM
“Dark Winter by Professor Raina MacIntyre, an Australian woman doctor, a world leading epidemiologist and a biosecurity expert, is the Australian book I would recommend to review the experience of COVID-19.” Dr Marjorie Cross, OAM
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