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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

May

Majority of medical indemnity claims settled out of court and for less than $10,000 18 May 2012

Cervical screening program reaches over 3.6 million women 1 May 2012

April

Hospital admissions rise, particularly in public hospitals 30 April 2012

Program helps younger people with disability avoid residential aged care 26 April 2012

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease deaths down, especially among men 18 April 2012

Indigenous kids’ dental health improving, but more services needed 16 April 2012

Growth in Australia’s mental health workforce 11 April 2012

Half of homelessness services clients aged under 25 4 April 2012

March

6 out of 10 adults visited a dentist in 12 months prior to survey 30 March 2012

AIHW calls for submissions on new elective surgery urgency categories 30 March 2012

Chronic disease risks embedded in Aussie lifestyle 29 March 2012

Medical workforce grows, supply improves in outer regional areas 28 March 2012

Flexibility and support essential to improving Indigenous employment rates 16 March 2012

Number of new cancer cases expected to reach 150,000 by 2020 9 March 2012

Hand hygiene information available on MyHospitals 6 March 2012

Younger invitees less likely to take part in bowel cancer screening program 2 March 2012

February

More Australians using insulin to manage diabetes 15 February 2012

Half of all young people in juvenile detention are unsentenced 9 February 2012

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