Mel showcases the importance of partnerships to ensure holistic and sustainable projects at the National Environmental Health Conference in Brisbane on the 6 May 2025
Co-presenting with Sandi Fulcher from the End Trachoma project (Rotary), Mel gave a plenary presentation to over 200 delegates outlining the importance that reciprocity and collaboration have had in ensuring the #endigtrachoma project can deliver not only housing services, but public health resources and yarns, necessary to enable remote families to prevent trachoma and other […]
New team member – Dr Peter Franklin
Joining the Healthy Homes project, Peter’s research interests are in environmental and occupational epidemiology, with a focus on the health effects of mining exposures, asbestos (occupational and non-occupational exposures), air pollution, plastics and household chemicals.
The #endingtrachoma team facilitates two healthy home projects in Warbuton and Roebourne – February and March 2025
Working in partnership to audit remote homes for risk factors related to trachoma is one of this team’s main priorities. In 2025, the project has coordinated 2 large scale healthy homes projects in Warburton and Roebourne. These projects build the capacity of local Aboriginal Environmental Health Practitioners to identify issues in homes, fix what they […]
Scott Mackenzie presents at the Rural Health West Conference – March 2025
In March 2025, Scott from the #endingtrachoma project presented alongside Samantha Barba and Mahli Khalu from Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance, at the Rural Health West Conference, on the innovative maternal environmental health referrals in the Pilbara.
The Food Security in Remote Communities Project heads to Warburton – February 2025
In February, the Remote Food Security team visited Warburton and worked with the Ngaanyatjarra Health Service to conduct 35 healthy kitchen audits in community homes. They also distributed 33 kitchen kits and had 21 yarns about kitchen design and access to food with families. The prices of a pre-set list of foods and sanitation products […]
The #endingtrachoma team visits Wiluna – March 2025
A recent visit to Wiluna to work alongside the Ngangganawili Aboriginal Health Service and Bega Garnbirringu Service enabled healthy home assessments, minor plumbing fixes and hygiene resources to be provided to this remote community. Here are some photos from the visit.
PHAI Convenes a two-day advocacy course in Broome – March 2025
Christina and Mel ran a two-day Advocacy in Action workshop in Broome in late March 2025. The course provided local public health practitioners with an increased understanding of what advocacy is, how it can add value to their current work and gave them skills to design advocacy programs to address local needs. Thanks to the […]
Director, Christina Pollard becomes Professor
Congratulations to our Director, Christina for being promoted to the status of Professor. Well deserved!
The trachoma project reducing preventable blindness in Western Australia
PHAI article on CRANA We are on the road to eliminate trachoma in Australia, says environmental health expert Dr Melissa Stoneham. But Melissa, who heads up the service-delivery Environmental Health Trachoma Project (#endingtrachoma) run by the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) based at Curtin University, would dearly love to see the process speed up. Read […]
‘I’m scared we won’t have money for food’: how children cope with food insecurity in Australia
PHAI article on The Conversation Using the Australian government’s own data, our research found that food insecurity is higher among single parent families and those receiving government financial assistance. We also found that 43% of food insecure households seek help from welfare or community organisations. Read the article here.