Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance

About the ACDPA

The Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance (ACDPA) is an alliance of five non-government health organisations who are working together in the primary prevention of chronic disease, with particular emphasis on the shared risk factors of poor nutrition, physical inactivity, overweight and obesity and their social determinants.

The members of the ACDPA are:

1. Cancer Council Australia
2. Diabetes Australia
3. Kidney Health Australia
4. National Heart Foundation of Australia
5. The National Stroke Foundation

Our aims

To develop evidence-based recommendations and initiatives that will contribute to the prevention of chronic disease and to provide leadership and a strong unified advocacy voice for the prevention of chronic disease.

• Make evidence-based recommendations on priorities for action in the prevention of chronic disease to government.
• Develop initiatives contributing to the prevention of chronic disease, which may be best achieved through the collaborative work of ACDPA members, while complementing the activities of member organisations.
• Work cooperatively with government and members of parliament at all levels, including the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, and State/Territory Departments of Health in the development and implementation of programs for the prevention of chronic disease.
• Work co-operatively with other organisations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations, which are active in the field of chronic disease prevention, as appropriate.

Current Chair

Professor Ian Olver,
Chief Executive Officer
Cancer Council Australia

Contact

Franca Marine
Executive Officer
GPO Box 4708
Sydney NSW 2001
Tel:      02 8063 4112
Fax:     02 8063 4101
Email:  franca.marine@cancer.org.au

Submissions and papers

• Election priorities 2010
• Submission to food labelling review - May 2010
• National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission
• National Preventative Health Task Force
• Australian Government Discussion Paper: Towards a National Primary Health Care Strategy
• Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs: Inquiry into Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising
• Australian Communications and Media Authority on the revised draft of the Childrens’ Television Standards
• Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs: Inquiry into the impact of the tax on ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages
• Food Regulation Standing Committee Consultation Paper on Front of Pack Labelling
• Consensus statement on front of pack food labelling

Media releases

• Australia must lead push for global action on chronic disease (1 September 2010)
  A group of Australian health organizations attending this week's UN conference on
  global health in Melbourne have called on the next Federal Government to help lead the global campaign to get chronic disease on the United Nation's health agenda.
• Obesity strategy must be top priority for future health of Australians (3 August 2010)
  Australia’s next government must address our obesity epidemic or pay the price in higher rates of chronic disease and surging healthcare costs.
• Fast food menu labelling sets pace for action on obesity (30 June 2010)
  Australia’s largest disease prevention groups have congratulated the Victorian Government on its decision to introduce nutrition labelling on fast food menus.
• Prevention part of the cure for a better health system (22 March 2010)
  “What will be done about chronic disease prevention?” This is a crucial question that must be addressed by the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader in their health reform debate according to Australia’s largest disease prevention groups.
• New study highlights need to boost chronic disease prevention (March 2010)
  The nation’s largest independent disease prevention groups have called on the government to implement a comprehensive national obesity strategy following the release of a new study showing that obesity and overweight costs Australians $21 billion a year plus $35.6 billion dollars in government subsidies.
• Government must put the health of Australians first in tackling obesity (1 September 2009)
  A comprehensive plan to tackle Australia’s burgeoning obesity problem has been welcomed by the nation’s largest independent disease prevention groups as crucial to curbing rising rates of chronic disease and protecting the future health and wellbeing of all Australians.
• Report adds weight to need for comprehensive obesity strategy ( 2 June, 2009)
  A report into the implications of obesity for the Australian health system has been welcomed by the nation’s largest independent disease prevention groups as adding further support to calls to urgently implement a comprehensive national obesity strategy.
• Time for action on Australia’s growing weight problem (11 May, 2009)
  The nation’s largest independent disease prevention groups have called for immediate and serious action to control Australia’s growing weight problem following the release of new data showing 62% of Australians adults are now overweight or obese.
• Kids’ weight, poor nutrition, add to chronic disease burden (8/8/2008)
  New research showing nearly one in four Australian children are overweight or obese highlights the need for the Government to take urgent action to avert a future legacy of escalating rates of chronic disease, according to an alliance of five non-government health organisations.
• ‘Up front’ nutrition labelling will aid healthier choices (26 March, 2009)
  Food labelling must carry clearer front-of-pack information to help Australia’s increasingly overweight population make healthier food choices, the nation’s largest independent disease prevention groups said today.
• Campaign measures up (16 October, 2008)
  A new government campaign encouraging people to make simple lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of chronic disease has been applauded by the Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance as a major investment in the future health of Australians
• Don’t close door on restricting junk food ads to kids (8 October, 2008)
  The Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance has expressed its disappointment that the Senate Inquiry into a bill introduced by the Greens to protect kids from junk food advertising has recommended that the bill not be passed.