Australian Migraine Prevalence Update 2026
A live webinar recording from Migraine & Headache Awareness Week
New national data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) on how many Australians live with migraine and headache. Farid Anvari takes you through the findings and what they mean for people living with migraine.
Speaker: Farid Anvari, PhD
Farid Anvari, PhD has more than 10 years of research experience and two years of experience in public health reporting. His expertise includes statistics, quantitative research methods, survey design, and the development of national reports on chronic conditions in Australia.
Farid works in the Chronic Conditions Unit within the Population Health Group at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. He led the establishment of the neurological conditions reporting program, including the development of the report Migraine and headaches in Australia. He now leads projects focused on strengthening national reporting on neurological conditions, chronic conditions more broadly, and multimorbidity.
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