Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne

As we approach the end of an incredibly busy year at Nossal Institute, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks for being invaluable members of tour community. Your support is instrumental to our success and encourages us to keep striving for positive change and innovation in global health. We wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy festive season and look forward to championing #GlobalHealth with you in 2025. Please note that our team will be taking a well-deserved break, and our office will be closed from 24 December 2024 to 2 January 2025.

Xiaoying Zhu, a #NossalInstitute #PhD Candidate, looks into the complexities of #Healthcare insurance in China and shares interesting insights Take a read 👇👇👇 Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

We are incredibly proud to have the hard work & commitment of #NossalInstitute staff recognised at awards held across the university. Our team is passionate about improving the #PublicHealth & futures of communities through our #GlobalHealth applied research & education, it means a lot to have our #RealWorldImpact recognised. Take a look at the impressive winners list https://lnkd.in/gxSaNGym

The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (#CRHP) in Jamkhed, India has significantly & consistently improved health & development in the local community since the 1970s & is a model for #PrimaryHealthCare in low resource settings across India & globally. #NossalInstitute students have been in Jamkhed to observe and learn from CRHP’s approaches to #PrimaryHealthCare. During the 3-week residential course in Nov & Dec, students participated in small group activities & field trips with CRHP’s #MobileHealthTeam & #VillageHealthWorkers who are both essential to the project’s impact. Led by Matthew Reeve & Daniel Strachan, with support from Andi Halfpapp, students learnt directly from primary health care professionals deeply embedded in their communities. The fresh skills & perspectives gained will be invaluable in their future #globalhealthcareers. Learn more about this course https://lnkd.in/gaD7TKKt Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Melbourne Population and Global Health Students’ Society

It’s a wrap on the Inclusive Clean Energy Solution conference. 🙏to everyone one involved for playing their role in this impactful event. The insights & expertise shared will guide the development of #Inclusive #CleanEnergy policies & practices. We look forward to seeing the implementation of innovative solutions that ensure the benefits of India’s energy transition are shared across all segments of society. Read more about our Inclusive Energy Transition in South Asia and Beyond project👉👉 https://lnkd.in/gdCXCBmH #JustEnergyTransition #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. Asian Development Bank (ADB) Social Development Practice Team IEEE Power & Energy Society IEEE IEEE Standards Association | IEEE SA Just Transition Research Centre IIT Kanpur Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Melbourne Climate Futures

The #NavigatingHealth Network brings together experts and innovators to create impactful solutions that enable better navigation through healthcare systems. How can you contribute to improving #Healthcare journeys? #PatientCenteredCare #HealthcareInnovation #NavigatingHealth

India is undergoing a significant #EnergyTransition. As India strives to achieve its ambitious #RenewableEnergy targets, ensuring the benefits of this transition are widely shared across ALL segments of society is key to improving living standards & economic opportunities across the country. Asian Development Bank (ADB) Sectors Group Energy & Human & Social Development Practice Team, in collaboration with the #NossalInstitute, have delivered an Inclusive Clean Energy solution conference for Indian policymakers and experts from energy sector agencies & ADB. The conference focused on the ongoing energy transition in India, as well as international practices relevant to India’s energy transition. #NossalInstitute’s Dr Reihana Mohideen, with support from Steph Lim, has played a pivotal role in shaping the event by serving as the principal advisor and conference chair. Her leadership ensured the event fostered meaningful dialogue, knowledge sharing, & actionable outcomes aimed at advancing #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. 🙏 Ajay Mahal & Pierluigi Mancarella for bringing their expertise & invaluable insights. Read more about our Inclusive Energy Transition in South Asia and Beyond project👉👉 https://lnkd.in/gdCXCBmH Social Development Practice Team   IEEE Power & Energy Society IEEE IEEE Standards Association | IEEE SA  Just Transition Research Centre IIT Kanpur  Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Melbourne Climate Futures

Climate change is the single biggest threat to human health due to increased air pollution, extreme weather events, & forced displacement. A new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report explores the #OneHealth activities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and how these can be scaled up to address #ClimateChange, boost #FoodSecurity, and tackle #DiseaseResistance. #NossalInstitute’s team provided technical support to the project for scaling up and improving One Health work in the #GMS. We look forward to seeing the report insights being used in global initiatives on climate change and One Health Read the report 👉https://t.ly/T5qRT #ResearchImpact Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Angus Campbell Barbara McPake Clare Strachan

This #HumanRightsDay reminds us of the ongoing importance of equality, justice, and dignity for all people worldwide. The theme “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now”, highlights the continued relevance of disability rights in addressing global challenges. Central to the disability rights movement, culminating in the development of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), was protesting ‘against the service systems, medical professionals and social institutions that keep people with disabilities “captives of care”’. However, progress towards universal deinstitutionalisation for people with disabilities has been too slow. Together with Bhargavi Davar, the late founder of Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI Global), our advisor Aleisha Carroll from CBM Australia #InclusionAdvisoryGroup has prepared a call to action that details the ongoing struggle for the right to live in the community, as well as key actions that can be taken in Transforming lives: Deinstitutionalisation for people with disabilities 🔗 : https://lnkd.in/gKSwYepR. We share this in solidarity with the #WhatWENeed campaign - a yearly campaign organised and run by TCI, between the months of October to December. The campaign starts with the International Mental Health Week (10th October) and ends today with the Human Rights Day and focusing on Article 19 of the CRPD. Now is a particularly pertinent time to share this, with the recent release of the Australian Government's International Disability and Equity Rights Strategy (IDEARS) which highlights the importance of addressing the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities, and the ongoing segregation of people with disabilities in institutions. This publication is one of a series prepared under the DFAT – CBM Inclusion Advisory Group Disability Inclusion Technical Partnership, an Australian aid initiative implemented by CBM Inclusion Advisory Group and the Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne.

#ViolenceAgainstWomenandGirls is a pervasive issue affecting communities worldwide. Compared to women without disabilities, women with disabilities experience higher rates of #GenderedViolence, additional forms of disability-based violence, a wider range of perpetrators, a broader range of settings of violence, and more severe consequences of violence. It is paramount that #VAW policy & programming is attuned to the experiences and needs of women with disabilities. Disability-inclusive VAW response services, primary prevention, and research must be prioritised to ensure no one is left behind. 'Eliminating Violence Against All Women and Girls' is an essay by #ProfessorCathyVaughan, Genevieve Walker & #JenHargrave produced as part of a series of essays were compiled by the Nossal Institute and CBM under the DFAT CBM-Nossal Partnership for the Provision of Disability Technical Advice and Services. Read the full essay https://lnkd.in/gY6QnPPD #16DaysofActivismAgainstGenderBasedViolence #NoExcuses Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pacific Disability Forum