08 Nov 2021
VicHealth
VicHealth welcomes new plan for kids' health and wellbeing
New 5-year Victorian Government plan puts health and wellbeing of young people and children first.
08 Nov 2021
2405 Resources
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08 Nov 2021
Partners in Health
Delivering Lifesaving Mental Health Care In Peru During COVID-19
Team helps patients manage depression through ongoing care, support Content warning: This story contains brief, general mention of suicidal ideation. The taxis are gone, again. But it isn’t the first time that Gábriel* has shown up to an empty lot. As one of dozens of motorcycle taxi drivers in San Juan de Lurigancho, an impoverished community just 8 miles northeast of Lima...
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
Partners in Health
"Breast Cancer is Not a Death Sentence"
Diane Mukawera was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer at the age of 42. As a practicing nurse, she was aware of the disease, but a discussion with a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer is what she believes saved her life. She was among the first oncology patients admitted at Partners In Health-supported Butaro District Hospital, w...
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
Partners in Health
In Mexico, Empowering Mothers During Childbirth
Years later, Estefanía Monterrosas still remembers the girl. How she came in the middle of the night. How she came alone. How she had crossed the border from Guatemala to Mexico with little more than identity documents, stating her age was 18—documents that turned out to be her sister’s. The girl was only 15. She had run away from home. And no one in her family, but her sister, knew she...
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
Nossal Institute for Global Health
COVID Hero - Climate Laggard?
While COVID19 has shown the critical role of health systems as a first responder in a global planetary crisis, we need to recognise the uncomfortable fact that health systems are a major contributor to a different crisis - the climate crisis.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
Health Action International
Diabetes Self-Monitoring Devices in LMICs
To better understand the barriers to access to diabetes self-monitoring devices, the ACCISS Study, together with FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, commissioned a report by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) that outlined the current issues with access to self-monitoring devices.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
The cultural sensitivities of salt reduction
Facing Forward is a series of 25 short films and 10 articles from Lebanon, Ghana, Guinea, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Kenya, Thailand and the Pacific Islands, amongst other countries. The series aims to raise awareness of NCDs and highlight the stories of people who are living with them across the globe, as well as those of the communities, institutions and organisations who are leading the way to...
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
The George Institute for Global Health
Harnessing complex health data through machine learning
Associate Professor Laurent Billot, Director of the Biostatistics & Data Science Division, talks about the recent establishment of the Global Data Analytics Program at the Institute and the role machine learning can play in improving health outcomes.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
The George Institute for Global Health
Sticking to low-fat dairy may not be the only heart healthy option, study shows
New research amongst the world’s biggest consumers of dairy foods has shown that those with higher intakes of dairy fat - measured by levels of fatty acids in the blood - had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those with low intakes.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
The George Institute for Global Health
Global health community calls for climate action ahead of COP26 to avert “biggest health threat facing humanity”
The George Institute for Global Health has joined more than 300 organizations representing at least 45 million nurses, doctors and health professionals worldwide – about three quarters of the global health workforce – in signing an open letter to the 197 government leaders and national delegations ahead of the UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow, UK. The letter warns that the climate cris...
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
The George Institute for Global Health
Counting women in COVID-19 vaccine research
There has been a “positive shift” in inclusive gender practices in COVID-19 vaccine research, but there is still room for improvement, experts say.
08 Nov 2021