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The AIHW releases around 300 publications a year, many of which have accompanying media releases.

Institute staff also attend many conferences and events, apart from our own Australia's Welfare and Australia's health launch conferences.

For further information please contact the AIHW's Communications, Media and Marketing Unit.

Recent media releases

2012

February

Most Aussie kids on track for good oral health behaviours 2 February 2012

More Australians with diabetes, but diabetes-related deaths down 1 February 2012

January

Improving Indigenous health through lifestyle programs and building organisational capability 31 January 2012

Rates of substantiated child abuse stable, despite falling notifications 20 January 2012

2011

December

Average maternal age reaches 30 21 December 2011

New report highlights Australian breastfeeding patterns 20 December 2011

Baseline released for monitoring effect of mandatory folic acid fortification on neural tube defects 19 December 2011

Homelessness agencies struggle to meet new accommodation requests 15 December 2011

Most adoptions in Australia from overseas 14 December 2011

Young women the dominant users of specialist homelessness services 9 December 2011

More than half of 6 year olds have decayed teeth 8 December 2011

Half of women in target age group receive breast screen 6 December 2011

‘Joined up’ services can deliver better results for Indigenous communities, but evidence is lacking 5 December 2011

Signs of hope for young Australians with cancer 1 December 2011

November

Same waits, but more emergency department care and elective surgery, and SAB meets benchmark 30 November 2011

$137 billion in welfare spending driven by ‘changing, complex and varied society’ 24 November 2011

Hay fever tops list for chronic respiratory conditions 17 November 2011

More Australians seeking treatment for alcohol use 11 November 2011

High demand for hearing services among Indigenous children in NT 10 November 2011

More women seeking help to conceive 9 November 2011

Lung cancer rates up for women, down for men, survival slightly better 4 November 2011

Report suggests obesity increases risk of injury 3 November 2011

Health spending per Indigenous Australian highest in remote areas 2 November 2011

October

Cervical cancer rates at all-time low 31 October 2011

Spending on health exceeds $120 billion 28 October 2011