Michael Kidd: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

By The Mandarin

June 1, 2020

Michael Kidd

TEAM COVID-19 — PANDEMIC POLICY ADVISORS MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Name:   Professor Michael Kidd AM

Title:  Deputy chief medical officer and principal medical advisor to the Australian government department of health, and professor of primary care reform at The Australian National University.

Roles in responding to COVID-19

  • Working with the chief medical officer and the other deputy chief medical officers to brief the minister for health, the prime minister, and other government leaders and organisations
  • Sitting on the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee
  • Advising Australia’s national incident room on primary care issues and providing input into the Australian health sector emergency response plan
  • Co-chairing the National COVID-19 health and research advisory committee, supporting the work of the chief medical officer
  • Contributing to the development and implementation of the national COVID-19 primary care response
  • Liaising with the general practice and primary health care sector in Australia and with international medical organisations
  • Advising the attorney-general’s department on health issues relating to industrial relations issues related to the pandemic
  • Advising the national COVID-19 coordination commission...

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This article is supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.

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