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The future of women's health: Using data and research to shape policy

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Mental health of Scheduled Tribe populations in India

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Epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury (PERFORM-AKI) Study

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a condition where the kidneys are damaged, and their function reduced. This can lead to a build-up of fluid in the body, decreased urine output and an increase in toxins in the blood. AKI may be short-term, with people recovering the function of their kidneys. In other people, the disease progresses, and mortality rates can be as high as 45%. In adults who are admitted to hospital, up to 20% will be diagnosed with AKI as the primary reason for being admitted. Research from both Australia and the US have shown the rate of AKI to have increased greatly over the past 10 years, and that this trend will continue to rise. With significant impacts on people’s quality of life, AKI is an increasing global healthcare issue. Most research into the incidence of AKI is from within the intensive care unit (ICU). However, the rate of AKI diagnosed outside the ICU is much larger. This can be due to physical injury to the kidneys, kidney stones, infection of the kidneys, dama

Stopping Sepsis: A National Action Plan

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Women’s health through life course and empowerment

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Reducing salt to save lives: Advocacy, partnerships and research

For more than a decade, The George Institute has championed global action that has the potential to save many millions of lives and billions of dollars in healthcare costs. Our researchers have generated evidence that shows the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of a range of interventions to reduce the amount of salt people eat, and can guide government, industry and consumer behaviour towards healthier societies.   Leads

Why do we need to #SwitchTheSalt?

Why do we need to #SwitchTheSalt? Almost everyone eats salt and almost everyone eats too much of it. Eating too much salt increases blood pressure, leading to heart attacks, strokes and deaths. Despite the efforts by governments and medical organisations over the last decade to reduce population salt intakes, little progress has been made. This is because people have become accustomed to the taste and dietary habits are hard to change. Salt is also a widely used ingredient in food manufacturing, and progress towards lowering levels in packaged foods has been slow. Find out more about our work to scale up the use of potassium-enriched salt across the global food supply. What is potassium-enriched salt? Potassium-enriched salt is a practical and scalable approach to lowering blood pressure and with it, the risk of strokes, heart attacks and death. Salt is made up of 100% sodium and chloride. A potassium-enriched salt, however, has some of the harmful sodium chloride replaced wi

Evidence library

Please find below a list of the key publications supporting the case for potassium-enriched salt. For a more comprehensive list, click here or to return to the main page click here.  Trials Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death.New England Journal of Medicine, 2021https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2105675 Effects of salt substitutes on clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysisHeart 2022https://heart.bmj.com/content/108/20/1608.long  Systematic reviews Strategy, perspective, and opinions Perspective: Switching the world’s salt supply – learning from iodization to achieve potassium enrichmentAdvances in Nutrition 2023https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2161831323014321  Potassium-Enriched Salt Substitution as a Population Strategy to Prevent Cardiovascular DiseaseHypertension 2022https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19248 

A guide to potassium-enriched salt

Please find below downloadable one-page guides for consumers and health professionals with key information on potassium-enriched salt. For health professionalsA guide to potassium-enriched salt.Learn more For consumersA guide to potassium-enriched salt.Learn more FactsheetSwitching the world’s salt supply: Scaling up the use of potassium-enriched salt.Learn more For meal producersLearn more

Sex and gender equity

When it comes to our health the story isn't balanced. But it should be. We are committed to achieving health equity through our sex and gender initiatives. We consider how sex and gender influence health and medical research because it is sound science and promotes the health of everyone. Discover how The George Institute is leading efforts to close the sex and gender health gap in a video by our Founding Director, Prof Robyn Norton, and a blog from our Chair in Global Women’s Health, Prof Jane Hirst. The George Institute's Sex and Gender Initiatives Centre for Sex and Gender EquityThe Centre for Sex and Gender Equity in Health and Medicine brings together researchers across Australia with an interest in the effects of sex and gender on health outcomes.Learn more The MESSAGE ProjectThe Medical Science Sex and Gender Equity project aims to improve the integration of sex and gender considerations in biomedical, health and care research in the United Kin

Sex and gender equity in health - The evidence

Discover the importance of considering sex and gender in health and medical research through these background and reference materials. Sex and gender reporting in Australian health and medical research publicationsLearn more Fifth anniversary of the Sex and Gender Equity in Research guidelines: taking stock and looking aheadLearn more Sex and gender in health research: updating policy to reflect evidenceLearn more

Sex and gender equity in health - Our research and news

Explore the impacts of the sex and gender health gap – and the solutions we’re building to close it – through a selection of our research and news. Centre for Sex and Gender Equity in Health and Medicine confirms leadershipLearn more Effects of environmental change on health and the critical need for sex- and gender-disaggregated dataLearn more Theory of change for addressing sex and gender bias, invisibility and exclusion in Australian health and medical research, policy and practiceLearn more Where is women’s healthcare in the political party manifestos?Learn more Neglecting sex and gender in research is a public-health riskLearn more World-class centre tackles sex and gender inequities in health and medicineLearn more The Results: Global Women in Healthcare AwardsLearn more Top UK biomedical research funders support first-of-its-kind sex and gender policy in major sector turning pointLearn more Multi-country dementia study sho