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Melissa Sweet

Melissa Sweet is managing editor of Croakey Health Media, a non-profit public interest journalism organisation with a focus on health equity and the wider determinants of health. She holds an honorary appointment in the Sydney School of Public Health.

Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 4 June 2021 Manufacturers of unhealthy products aren’t letting the crisis go to waste
Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 3 April 2020 The health system is changing in previously inconceivable ways, but let’s make sure those most in need don’t get lost along the way National affairs Melissa Sweet 6 February 2020 Can infectious disease outbreaks help strengthen Australia’s response to another health crisis? National affairs Melissa Sweet 12 November 2018 Could there be such a thing as a healthy airport? National affairs Melissa Sweet 16 October 2018 Australia’s innovative preventive health agency was closed down by the Abbott government. How — and in what form — should it be revived?
National affairs Melissa Sweet 5 September 2018 While the federal government plays politics with climate change, states and community groups are trying to head off a public health crisis
Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 3 August 2017 With state and federal governments overwhelmingly focused on big-ticket medical spending, can local initiatives fill the gaps? National affairs Melissa Sweet 19 April 2013 The evidence is clear and health professionals are taking notice, writes Melissa Sweet. Now it’s time for government to act Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 1 March 2013 Overuse of antibiotics is not only creating resistant bacteria but also changing the ecology of the human body, writes Melissa Sweet  Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 8 October 2012 In 1990 a team of researchers began tracking a group of babies born in two inner suburbs of Melbourne. Their latest results paint a complex picture of obstacles, opportunities and…
Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 4 June 2012 The principles behind an American campaign to reduce unnecessary and often expensive medical interventions are gaining support in Australia, writes Melissa Sweet
Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 4 April 2012 Can local networks pull off the healthcare reforms that have eluded state and national governments, asks Melissa Sweet Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 29 November 2011 Mental health had a big win in this year’s budget – and that’s when the fights began, writes Melissa Sweet in this joint investigation with Crikey National affairs Melissa Sweet 16 June 2011 A growing movement among US healthcare professionals is arguing that medical treatment can cause more harm than good, reports Melissa Sweet National affairs Melissa Sweet 7 June 2011 Public health nurses at the 11th Street Family Health Services Center are committed to developing long-term relationships with the community, reports Melissa Sweet
Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 28 March 2011 “Locational disadvantage” has an enormous impact on the lives of residents in many Australian suburbs. But an experiment in Sydney’s 2168 postcode area is…
Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 26 October 2010 Talk about health policy reform often loses sight of the people in the system and their stories. Melissa Sweet watches two GPs in action in the south-west Sydney suburb… Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 3 February 2010 Amid renewed calls for mass vaccinations in Australia, Melissa Sweet looks at the latest chapter in the international debate about swine flu and its implications for… Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 21 September 2009 The Medicare Select proposal has opened up a new front in the health debate. Melissa Sweet talks to supporters and sceptics Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 24 June 2009 Melissa Sweet returns to a life in the Australian bush
National affairs Melissa Sweet 3 March 2009 Is the media stopping us from seeing the real problems and doing something about them, asks Melissa Sweet