Title: Decentralisation of services to end tuberculosis Register: https://unimelb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mtkeG_JERuGOb4DWMBoP8A#/registration Date: Tuesday 30 May, 2023 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm AEST Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person. In-person venue: LL- 1.046a and LL1.046b at the Health Education and Learning Precinct (HELP)-1st Floor West, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (view the map) Description: … Continued
Title: Data for immunisation policy decision-making and the role of National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups: Experience from Lao PDR Description: The data needed to make immunisation policy regarding new vaccine introduction or schedule changes uses a combination of vaccine safety and efficacy data, local burden of disease data and, in some settings, cost-effectiveness … Continued
Vaccine communication and capacity building in the Indo-Pacific region Description The COVID-19 pandemic showed just how important communication and community engagement are in building public trust and confidence in vaccines. Beginning in 2021 in Australia, Professor Danchin and Dr Kaufman created a program to train community members to communicate effectively about COVID-19 vaccines as … Continued
12:30-1:30 pm AEDT Wednesday 9 November [Online] ?Add to your calendar and join Description The term ‘learning health systems’ is not new. But widespread consensus that learning is crucial for health system performance is not matched by shared understanding of how health systems learn. The speaker will present ideas for such shared understanding based on a … Continued
Water-sanitation management and reduced environmental contamination 12:30-1:30 pm AEDT Thursday 20 October [Online] ?Register and add to your calendar Revitalising informal settlements and their environments project (RISE) Professor Karin Leder will talk about the transdisciplinary RISE project, which is investigating the impact of improved water-sanitation management and reduced environmental contamination on health outcomes among residents living in informal communities in Fiji … Continued
Thursday 15 September and Friday 16 September [Online and in-person] A spotlight on Global Health at the Melbourne Children’s Campus Student Symposium The September Global Health Forum aims to showcase global health research conducted at the Melbourne Children’s Campus as part of the Student Symposium, taking place between 15-16 September. The symposium is the … Continued
Development of the investment case to reduce road traffic injuries among adolescents Dr John Symons The study examined how introducing safety interventions such as bike and motorcycle helmets, better road design, drink-driving laws, and vehicle safety standards could prevent death and serious injury to young people in 77 low- to middle-income countries. We found … Continued
When: Monday 8 August [Online] Register here Description: The Melbourne Children’s Global Health Postdoctoral Fellowship will support an early career researcher with high potential to establish an independent research career in global child and adolescent health. This information session will provide further details about the application process and the requirements of the fellowship. Questions … Continued
Findings from Qualitative Research Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Continued Medical Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries In a policy brief on the 4th of August 2020, the United Nations Secretary-General warned the COVID-19 disruptions to education threaten to cause a ‘generational catastrophe’, widening existing entrenched inequalities and stifling what established and evolving progress has been made. … Continued
Ambient gaseous pollutant exposure and incidence of visual impairment among children and adolescents: findings from a longitudinal, two-center cohort study in China. Chen L, Wei J, Ma T, Gao D, Wang X, Wen B, Chen M, Li Y, Jiang J, Wu L, Li W, Liu X, Song Y, Guo X, Dong Y, Ma J. … Continued
