News and updates

The inaugural virtual training on law and NCDs engaged 35 participants from 20 different countries. Read more >: McCabe Centre hosts first-ever online legal training course

The financial distress caused by unexpected cancer costs can be reduced when patients are empowered to make informed choices about their treatment and care options through informed financial consent. Read more >: Reducing the burden of out-of-pocket cancer costs with informed financial consent

The McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer was honoured for its action to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) with a 2020 UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (UNIATF) Award. Read more >: McCabe Centre wins international award for work to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases

Minting shares some of her experiences during her internship, her interests around law and cancer, and her aspirations for the future. Read more >: Reflections from our Melbourne Law School intern: Minting Luo

Meet two doctors in the NCD division of Malaysia’s Ministry of Health who are helping implement and defend tobacco control policy. Read more >: Alumni in the spotlight: Banning smoking at Malaysian public eateries

In light of recent developments in global alcohol control, we explore how alcohol is currently governed internationally and what future opportunities exist. Read more >: Where next for the global governance of alcohol and public health?

Watch our webinar with Melbourne Law School about the impact of Australia's plain packaging win on public health and trade. Read more >: Plain packaging webinar: Implications of WTO Appellate Body ruling

COVID-19 has brought public health to the forefront, and reinforced the importance of addressing NCDs. Read more >: NCDs and COVID-19: Using law to act on NCDs during the pandemic

A win for Australia’s plain packaging laws ends a long legal battle with the tobacco industry and sets the stage for more countries to implement tobacco control measures. Read more >: Tobacco plain packaging: Decisive legal victory should encourage more countries to follow Australia’s lead

The McCabe Centre's Regional Coordinator has been a leader in tobacco control in Africa and around the world for more than 15 years. Read more >: Rachel Kitonyo Devotsu wins World No Tobacco Day Award

Introducing Evelyn, who is working to create comprehensive tobacco control legislation to protect children in Sierra Leone. Read more >: Alumni in the spotlight: Evelyn

Hayley Jones will continue in her role as Acting Director, which she took on in August 2019. Read more >: McCabe Centre announces Director Jonathan Liberman stepping down

A look at international treaties to prevent NCDs and whether they can enhance accountability at the national level Read more >: International agreements to prevent NCDs: what exists, what’s proposed, and what difference might they make?

As we navigate COVID-19 together, we are sharing some important resources from our partners in the cancer and NCD community. Read more >: Health, NCDs, and human rights in the COVID-19 pandemic: Key resources

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have reached crisis levels in the Pacific, and obesity is one of the most visible indicators of that crisis. But it’s important to look deeper at this diverse region – comprised of thousands of islands spread over an area equivalent to 15% of the Earth’s surface – to understand the complex factors that contribute to its high obesity rates, and how law can be harnessed to address them. Read more >: Below the surface: Law and the roots of obesity in the Pacific