April 2020 | COVID-19 Edition

Health system strengthening projects in Timor-Leste | Photo Gallery

Menzies School of Health Research established an office in Dili, Timor-Leste in 2019 to support a growing program of work helping the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture to improve surveillance and response to some of the biggest infectious diseases challenges the country...
Hearing for Learning Initiative update

Our Hearing for Learning team have commenced the ground-breaking initiative to train and employ remote community members to qualify as ear health facilitators who can assist with the diagnosis and treatment of otitis media and hearing loss in children. During 2019, the Hearing for...
Student profile | Julie Mae Malcampo

Seeing firsthand the importance of ensuring access to health care services for all led Julie Mae Malcampo to enrol in a Master of Public Health with Menzies. Julie has a Bachelor of Nursing from Davao Doctors College and is a registered nurse in the Philippines. During her time as a...
Researcher profile | Thank you Dr Jane Davies

Date

March 17, 2020 - 10:00am

Dr Jane Davies, was instrumental in establishing the Menzies collaborative hepatitis B research program in the Northern Territory. Dr Davies is also the co-Director of Infectious Diseases at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), and has been an integral part of...
Q&A with infectious diseases expert Professor Josh Davis

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April 03, 2020 - 14:30pm

Professor Josh Davis is a clinician researcher, and divides his time between clinical work as an infectious diseases physician in Newcastle, and research work as a senior principal research fellow based at Menzies. He is also the President of the...
Capacity building in Timor-Leste

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March 27, 2020 - 09:00am

Menzies has had a key role in helping the Ministry of Health in Timor-Leste prepare for the likelihood of a COVID-19 outbreak through health systems strengthening. Currently, Timor-Leste has only one confirmed case of COVID-19, however an outbreak could...
Expert opinion - Kidney disease and COVID-19

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April 09, 2020 - 14:00pm

For many years, experts at Menzies School of Health Research have contributed to the development and revision of national guidelines for health service delivery. The COVID-19 pandemic poses multiple challenges to how we deliver critical health services...
Strengthening family relationships through play

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April 02, 2020 - 09:00am

Local Aboriginal implementation officers are delivering an innovative variation of the Play to Connect parenting program in Wurrumiyanga, Tiwi Islands to support families through learning and play. The Menzies Play to Connect team works with parents and...
Dr Lisa Whop - The answer to Indigenous vulnerability to COVID-19

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April 02, 2020 - 15:00pm

Dr Lisa Whop a senior research fellow at Menzies has collaborated with Dr Chelsea Bond a senior research fellow at the University of Queensland's School of Social Science to provide a thought provoking article addressing Indigenous vulnerability to...
Cancer and COVID-19 - What it means for our mob

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April 07, 2020 - 16:00pm

"Having cancer can be a stressful situation, made more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s really important for our Mob that we take particular care of ourselves, stay isolated as much as possible, especially if you are 50 or over...
COVID-19 health messaging in language

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April 07, 2020 - 11:00am

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of Menzies researchers have developed a series of videos for people living in Aboriginal communities with health conditions such as chronic kidney, lung and/or heart disease. The videos encourage people to stay...
Support nurses and midwives | Photo gallery

This World Health Day (7 April 2020) focused on celebrating nurses and midwives for the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This photo gallery highlights some of the work that nurses and midwives from Menzies are doing to...

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