An initiative to achieve child and adolescent health equity through fair partnerships @mcri_for_kids @RCHMelbourne @Unimelb
Melbourne (Naarm), Victoria
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
MCRI has welcomed the Federal Government's new International #Disability #Equity & Rights Strategy, a unique document with a focus on global disability equity. We share this milestone as part of #IDPWD. | #MCRI #ChildHealth @SenatorWong @MelbourneGlobal
ACFID, alongside 18 disability and international development organisations, today celebrate the release of the Australian Government’s new International Disability Equity and Rights Strategy (IDEARS).
Read our media release here: acfid.asn.au/sector-welcomes…
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
🌍 Landmark moment for disability equity! The Government’s new International Disability Equity & Rights Strategy sets a bold new target for performance on #disabilityequity across all Australian Aid + central role of people w disabilities as key partners. bit.ly/3AZNxbg
ALT Image description: representatives from ACFID, CBM Australia, ADDC, and Pacific Disability Forum are gathered with Minister Penny Wong to celebrate the release of the Australian Government's new International Disability Equity and Rights Strategy.
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WATCH NOW Dr Peter Archer on the importance of local leadership in responding to disasters at the September Melbourne Children's #globalhealth Forum.
Recording available here:📽️ youtu.be/PUhABf5XAdk
ALT Doctors tend to a volunteer patient during an Australian-funded emergency simulation at Pondok Kopi Hospital, East Jakarta. Image: Josh Estey / AusAID. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2010.
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Thrilled to have launched Parliamentary Friends of Global Health this morning, with our friends @MelbourneGlobal @MCRI_for_kids @OAngelica_
A great convo led by co-Chairs Dr Anne Webster MP and Dr Mike Freelander MP on Child and Adolescent Health in the Indo-Pacific.
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Join Dr Peter Archer on strengthening disaster preparedness and response - incl. @WHO Emergency Medical Teams and national initiatives @NatTraumaCentre AUSMAT
🌏Melbourne Children's Global Health Forum
📅 12:30-1:30pm AEST Tuesday 5 September
Register: go.unimelb.edu.au/b4ys
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TODAY: Join us for the Melbourne Children's #globalhealth Forum with Dr Peter Archer on strengthening disaster preparedness and response. Register: go.unimelb.edu.au/b4ys
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Dr Peter Archer is an emergency physician at @RCHMelbourne and retrieval physician with @AmbulanceVic He holds current roles with Victoria's Field Emergency Medical Officer Program, #AUSMAT and is a @WHO Global Emergency Medical Teams Mentor with Indonesia's Muhammadiyah EMT
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Murdoch Children's & @BiofarmaID are collaborating to develop an oral #rotavirus #vaccine that could significantly ⬇️ disease burden in young #children in #Indonesia.
Discover how our experts are transforming children's health through research: defeatdd.org/blog/estimating…
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Congrats to Prof @DanchinMargie, who has been recognised by @ChurchillTrust for her #vaccineresearch, which focuses on #vaccine confidence & uptake, particularly amongst high-risk groups like #pregnantwomen & in low-and middle-income countries.
Read more: mcri.edu.au/news/awards/prof…
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Fantastic to welcome @senjutisaha 🌟 to @MCRI_for_kids yesterday to present an incredible @MelbourneGlobal @ASM_VicBranch seminar & to discuss our current and future collaborations
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Murdoch Children's invites you to the Asia-Pacific Vaccine Research Seminar Series on #vaccinology. The first event will discuss the need for a new #tuberculosis #vaccine and the challenges in creating one | @NigelTwitt @DrTrisasi @TricckyLab
More info➡️ mcri.edu.au/news/events/asia…
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Each year Prof Trevor Duke @UniMelbMDHS summarises the latest research on child & adolescent health in LMICs: evidence derived from RCTs. The 20th edition is out now @MelbourneGlobal @WHO @WHOWPRO @UNICEFInnocenti pngpaediatricsociety.org/res…
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
The #COVID19 pandemic took the world by surprise, but a new global study, with contributions from Murdoch Children's researchers, shows that #wastewater monitoring could help catch fast-spreading #infectiousdiseases much earlier | @JulieBines
Learn more: mcri.edu.au/news-stories/was…
ALT Young African boy with a serious expression standing against the fence in a township
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Three million #children & #youngpeople die from infectious #diseases yearly, but the focus usually falls on those under 5. Murdoch Children's has co-led a global study, highlighting how greater resource efforts must be shifted to #adolescent health needs.
mcri.edu.au/news-stories/glo…
ALT Portrait of a girl standing with her hands crossed in a rural school in India
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Communicable diseases should remain a priority of global health action, and children & adolescents must be a core focus. 3 million children & adolescents died from communicable disease deaths in 2019, equivalent to 1 death every 10 seconds.
To read more: doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(2…
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Big shout out 📢to Prof @Fiona_M_Russell a powerful advocate for #ChildSurvivalAction via 💉across #AsiaPacific & beyond with @MCRI_for_kids @UniMelb @ASIDANZ @MelbourneGlobal @RCHMelbourne
@WSPID #WSPID #WSPID2023 #PedsID @gateshealth @dfat @ADB_HQ #ISPPD13 @gavi @gavi_csos
Centre of Research Excellence for Pneumococcal Disease Control will address research gaps for #PCV use in #AsiaPacific region & help governments translate findings into 💉policy
1 of 37 commitments made @ the Global #Pneumonia Forum 👏
#EveryBreathCounts #VaccinesWork #Equity
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
TODAY join us for an inspiring conversation on #globalhealth leadership with Dame Graça Machel, an advocate for women's and children's rights who has served as Chair of @PMNCH, is on the High-Level Advisory Group @UN_EWEC and is one of 17 @SDGAdvocates
Join Dame Graça Machel and Prof Kathryn North AC on leadership for health equity, facilitated by Richard Ditizio. Followed by afternoon tea hosted by @WGHAustralia
📅 2:30-3:30pm AEST Wednesday 7 June
📍 Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Register: go.unimelb.edu.au/c58s
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Who would you nominate to join the #WGHAustralia Global Gender Equality in Health Leadership Committee? We encourage nominations from women in #globalhealth with experience in #LMICs at all career stages and from all sectors. Nominations close 19 June: wghaustralia.org/nominations…
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
No time for business as usual: Can #SystemsThinking help us accelerate recovery for early #child development? Our perspective in @GlobalHealthBMJ➡️gh.bmj.com/content/8/5/e0123…
@sharon_goldfeld @KateMcMilner @ECDAction @lule_elizabeth @aisha_yousafzai @MelbourneGlobal @HarvardChanSPH
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Melbourne Children's Global Health retweeted
Have questions about nominating for a #WGHAustralia committee? Join @WGHAustralia to answer all your q's over afternoon tea following Graça Machel in conversation on #globalhealth leadership. Q&A: 2:30pm 7 June, followed by afternoon tea, at RCH Melbourne: go.unimelb.edu.au/c58s
Nominations now open to join #WGHAustralia to contribute to a global network to achieve gender equality in health leadership. We encourage nominations from leaders - including students and young people - in all areas of health.
📅 Close Monday 19 June: wghaustralia.org/nominations…
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