my.UQ
School of Population Health
School of Population Health
News
Maxine Whittaker advises on swine flu

Maxine Whittaker advises on swine flu

Friday, 15 May 2009

SPH’s Professor Maxine Whittaker, director of the Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health (ACITH) has been interviewed by media over the past week on the implications of a swine flu pandemic in Australia. Professor Whittaker said that if a pandemic did hit, absenteeism from work may reach 40 per cent while schools would need to be shut. Professor Whittaker’s comments in The Adelaide Advertiser can be read here

Previous News