The Hon. Bob McMullan, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance. Photo: D Gul

 

Research supporting policy and practice in low-income countries

 The inaugural AMREP World Health Day symposium was held on Monday 7 April 2008 at Coppin Hall in Melbourne and was well attended by 190 participants. It was hosted by the AMREP Global Health Research Consortium and brought together researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from academia, research institutes, government agencies and NGOs, to exchange experiences, case-studies and ideas on the links between research and improving health program effectiveness and policy in developing countries.

The Hon. Bob McMullan, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance opened proceedings with Dr David Karoly from the School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, as keynote speaker.

Please click on the links below to download documents from the symposium:
Joint Statement
Abstracts & Bios of Speakers booklet
Presentations:

Keynote address:
Climate change and health: The latest scientific assessment -Professor David Karoly, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne

Zimbabwe, adolescent sexual health & the power of narratives - Prof Robert Power, Centre for Harm Reduction, Burnet Institute
Reproductive Health Rights - Assoc Prof Bebe Loff, Dr Deborah Zion, Liz Bishop, Brad Crammond
Strengthening Districts and Community Health Services - Dr Clement Malau, Secretary for Health, PNG
Picturing futures: Participation, Photovoice and young people’s health in Papua New Guinea - Ms Cathy Vaughan, PhD Candidate, London School of Economics
Young men as agents of change in responding to HIV in South East Asia and Papua New Guinea - Mr Chad Hughes, Centre for International Health, Burnet Institute

Community approach to prevention of cardiovascular disease - Assoc Prof Thandi Puoane, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape

 

Hypertension control by trained volunteers in a rural community in India, Professor K R Thankappan, Head, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, South India

Strengthening district health services: district level and national level - Dr Krishna Hort, Head, Health Systems Strengthening Unit, Nossal Institute

Primary Health Care Project, Sayabouly Province, Vientiane, Lao PDR - Assoc Prof Mike Toole, Centre for International health, Burnet Institute

 

Click here to listen to the Hon. Bob McMullan’s speech [14mb]

 

*The Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct comprises Monash University,
the Burnet Institute, the Baker Heart Research Institute, Bayside Health, La Trobe University and Deakin University
www.amrep.org.au

 

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