National Prevention Summit
Investing in Australia's health and wellbeing
The National Prevention Summit on 9 April 2008 was hosted by the Australian Institute of Health Policy Studies and VicHealth
The National Prevention Summit brought together leaders from State, Territory, Commonwealth and local government, non-government organisations, health services, the corporate business sector, academic institutions and the community to develop a platform for working together to strengthen our collective prevention initiatives. The Summit explored realistic mechanisms for achieving an integrated, efficient and cooperative approach to prevention.
The time to act is now
The number of Australians with chronic disease, mental health problems, and serious disabilities will increase dramatically over the next few decades as a result of population ageing and a lack of concerted and effective long term prevention initiatives in healthcare, business and community.