Agency | Country based | Type of agency | Broad mission | Topic areas relevant to this agency |
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1 | Australia | Independent, board-governed statutory authority | Undertaking activities to support the accountability of the state’s healthcare system | Reporting on performance of the health system, including safety and quality, effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness of the system to people’s needs |
2 | Australia | Federal charity | Provision of information and support to enable Australians to look after their health | Cardiovascular health, cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke, blood vessel disease), treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease |
3 | Australia | State and Federal government funded community health organisation | Providing access to quality information regarding reproductive and sexual health | Contraception, pregnancy options, sexually transmissible infections, sexuality and sexual function, menstruation, menopause, common gynaecological and vaginal problems, cervical screening, breast awareness, and men’s sexual health |
4 | Australia | State government agency | Protecting the health and safety of working Australians | Work health and safety in the workplace |
5 | Australia | State government agency | Provision of high quality clinical care and health-related transport services | Frontline delivery of clinical care (i.e. paramedics, counter disaster, special operations) and health-related transport services (including aeromedical and medical retrieval) to people in need |