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Coffee with Latin America - ‘Research in partnership: Indigenous and Tribal communities’

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Join us to discuss ‘Research in partnership: Indigenous and Tribal communities’ in the next session of The George Institute for Global Health's 'Coffee with Latin America' series.

Panellists will share perspectives on the approach to research and processes for community involvement, government and capacity building, and the use of Indigenous methodologies that focus on community research. The webinar will be relevant to the entire global health community, especially those researchers and policymakers with an interest in Indigenous health and wellbeing.

This series aims to facilitate global collaboration and learning and provide an opportunity for outreach and connection with the global health community.

 

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Speakers

  • Preety Rajbangshi

    Senior Research Fellow – Global Women’s Health, The George Institute for Global Health, India

    Preety

  • Carol Zavaleta, MD, PhD

    Wellcome International Training Fellow, Postdoctoral investigator, Unidad de Ciudadania Intercultural y Salud Indígena (UCISI), Facultad de Salud Pública, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru

    carol

  • Dr Julieann Coombes, PhD

    Research Fellow, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Program, The George Institute for Global Health

    Julieann

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budget

Budget 2021-22: Continued Investment in Medical Research

The George Institute for Global Health notes that over $6.7 billion will be invested in medical research over the next four years following the Australian Budget announced on Tuesday evening.

Executive Director, Australia, Professor Bruce Neal said the budget will mean Australian researchers can continue to deliver world-class medical research. “We appreciate continued government investment in medical research that allows us at The George Institute to help reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases and injury,” he said.

“Despite the lower than expected returns in the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), we appreciate that over $627 million will be spent in the coming year, along with $863 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Along with delivering world-class medical research, investment in our sector is good for the COVID-19 economic recovery as every dollar invested in medical research, returns $3.90 to the community,” Professor Neal said.

In addition, the Budget allocates a further $6 million towards encouraging more clinical trials in Australia. Professor Neal said removing clinical trial barriers was a key focus for The George Institute through the www.JoinUs.org.au national research register.

“The challenge of patient recruitment is repeatedly identified as a primary barrier to doing research in this country. We look forward to exploring opportunities to support this initiative with the Government,” Professor Neal said.

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The intersectoral action needed for the future health of people and planet

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Please find the recording following:

Global environmental change is the greatest global threat facing the world in the 21st century, but it is also the greatest opportunity to redefine the commercial, social, political and environmental determinants of health, and to redress related inequities within and across countries and communities. The webinar considered what intersectoral action and approaches are needed to secure the future health of people and planet, in particular to both adapt to - and mitigate - the consequences of global environmental change.

Chair

Professor Göran Tomson (Distinguished Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Counselor on UN Agenda 2030 to President’s office, Karolinska Institute, and Co-Founder, Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation)

Keynote

Sir Andrew Haines (Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health, LSHTM)

Panelist

Dr Shyama Kuruvilla (Senior Strategic Advisor, World Health Organization)
Dr Jemilah Mahmood (Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin on Public Health)
Dr Sulakshana Nandi (National Joint Convenor, People’s Health Movement India, PHM Global)
Professor Ole Petter Ottersen (President, Karolinska Institutet)

 

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Essentials of home-based monitoring and virtual care in COVID-19

COVID care

Most people with COVID-19 can be cared for at home. Community health workers and general physicians can effectively monitor a patient's vital signs at home via in-person visits or through telemedicine consultations and help recognize the warning signs such as hypoxia. This can also help identify those at high risk of worsening or complications and reduce the burden on the fragile health care delivery ecosystem.

Providing oxygen therapy and pronation in the home care setting could avert the need for subsequent ventilation in many patients and help reduce the pressure on hospital bed capacity. In recent weeks, many people with covid-19 related complications were running from pillar to post in search of hospital beds, ICUs and ventilators.

In order to support many citizens who were taking the help of telehealth helplines, the team at Project StepOne a volunteer led tele triage platform has developed home based management protocols and trained more than 7000 empanelled doctors on remote management and virtual care oversight,

The George Institute is now  pleased to bring you Essentials of Home based monitoring and virtual care in COVID-19 in partnership with @ProjectStepOne

Learn about the experiences from NHS COVID-19 responses including COVID oximetry@home and virtual wards to support patients with COVID

 

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sodium

Statement on WHO Global Sodium Benchmarks

The George Institute for Global Health welcomes the launch of the ‘World Health Organization (WHO) Global Sodium Benchmarks for Different Food Categories’  as a pathway to turbo charge national salt reduction programs.

The benchmarks are a guide for countries and industry to reduce the sodium content in specific categories of processed foods that are a main source of sodium in many countries, including Australia. Countries can adapt these targets to their local food environments, requiring industry to progressively lower the sodium content of processed foods.

Professor Jacqui Webster, Head, Public Health Advocacy and Policy Impact, Food Policy at The George Institute and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction said this is a key turning point for global sodium reduction efforts, “Our research shows 94 countries now have a national salt reduction strategy but only a handful are so far demonstrating an impact. This new WHO led global initiative has the potential to build momentum for salt reduction strategies by setting more ambitious targets that can have meaningful health outcomes. We are now looking forward to working with WHO to support member states to adopt or adapt the global benchmarks and to develop mechanisms to hold the food industry to account reducing sodium levels in food products.”

Emalie Rosewarne, Dietitian at The George Institute, said that countries can now easily adapt the global sodium benchmarks to their local food supply – saving governments time, effort and money, “The WHO benchmarks are ambitious but feasible and are a great way for countries to start reducing sodium in the food supply. High sodium intakes contribute to high blood pressure – the leading cause of death and disease. It is crucial targets are set, and governments reach them, to improve population health.”

 

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