Concerns that the services necessary to support older Australians in inland communities may not be adequate or available in the future have prompted a new study by a team of aged care researchers from CSU.

The findings of a major Australian study about speech impairment in children were presented at a national conference in Melbourne last week by CSU researchers who highlighted the predicament of many families that have trouble accessing speech pathology services.

An often misdiagnosed medical condition that affects one in ten Australians over the age of 40 is the focus of health tests being conducted at CSU on hundreds of volunteers.

Representatives of CSU and the Ambulance Service of NSW will sign a MoU on Wednesday 14 April which is expected to see an unprecedented level of collaboration in support of boosting CSU paramedic enrolments to 300 students a year.

One of the largest teaching hospitals in China is the destination for CSU students as they head overseas to gain practical experience for their future careers in health.

A 'decade of chaos' is how rural health specialist Associate Professor Sue McAlpin from CSU has labelled health reforms experienced by regional Australia in the 1990s.

CSU has begun vaccination training with its pharmacy students in the strongly held belief Australia will follow an international trend to allow pharmacists to vaccinate.

The dramatic plan outlined on Wednesday 3 March for the funding of Australian health care has been described by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as a means to ensuring Australians continue to enjoy access to world class health care.

The health issues facing rural communities in India will be experienced by more than a dozen allied health students from CSU during international clinical placements in December.