Public health programs focus spending on immunisation, health promotion and disease control.

M2 PRESSWIRE-14 March 2006-AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE: Public health programs focus spending on immunisation, health promotion and disease control(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Total expenditure on public health activities by health departments in Australia during 2003-04 was $1.3 billion or roughly $63 per person, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

More than half (54.3% or $687 million) of this money was spent on three major public health activity categories: Organised immunisation ($268.0 million), Selected Health Promotion ($214.6 million) and …