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AMA advocacy campaigns working towards and effective health service.

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18 November 2021 Position Statement
LGBTQIA+ Health - 2021
aged care care can't wait
12 April 2021 Report
REPORT: Putting health care back into aged care
Male GP giving female patient a check up
21 December 2020 Position Statement
Social Determinants of Health - 2020
20 March 2019 Position Statement
Environmental Sustainability in Health Care - 2019
23 December 2015 Position Statement
Health Care of Asylum Seekers and Refugees - 2011. Revised 2015.
28 August 2015 Position Statement
Climate Change and Human Health - 2004. Revised 2008. Revised 2015
17 July 2014 Position Statement
Sexual and Reproductive Health - 2014
18 March 2014 Position Statement
Wind Farms and Health - 2014
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