Volume 10 Number 9 September 8 - October 13 2014
With the rapid and widespread emergence of resistance to antibiotics, many drugs crucial to controlling life-threatening diseases – such as pneumonia, bloodstream infections and urinary tract infections – are becoming less effective. By Elizabeth Brumby.
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Volume 10 Number 8 August 11 - September 7 2014
A group of University of Melbourne nursing students recently had the experience of a lifetime, travelling to a very remote area in Nepal to undertake an elective placement. By Kate Dukes.
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Volume 10 Number 8 August 11 - September 7 2014
Associate Professor of Social Work Louise Harms, who chaired Melbourne’s program committee for a recent International Social Work conference, reflects on the event and the challenges ahead for social inclusion in Australia.
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Volume 10 Number 8 August 11 - September 7 2014
Global health and human rights have a history of convergence that has been formative for the evolution of public health and law. In a keynote speech hosted by the Nossal Institute for Global Health, the Honourable Michael Kirby emphasised the need to reform global intellectual property laws in order to beat HIV and AIDS. By Elizabeth Brumby.
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Volume 10 Number 7 July 14 - August 10 2014
<!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 1 62 360 Uni of Melb 3 1 421 14.0 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU JA X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} --> <!--[endif] --> <!--StartFragment-->The Australian response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s was one of the most effective in the world, marked by cooperation between government, community groups, the health sector and academic institutions. The 2014 International AIDS Conference presents an opportunity to recall the lessons of this response, to reflect on their enduring legacy, and ask how their example might be applied today. By Elizabeth Brumby. <!--EndFragment-->
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Volume 10 Number 7 July 14 - August 10 2014
NCDFREE, a global social movement against non-communicable diseases, is bringing together young change-makers through global health advocacy ‘bootcamps’ around the world – starting in Melbourne. By Elizabeth Brumby and Maddison Connaughton.
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Volume 10 Number 7 July 14 - August 10 2014
Alcohol, junk food and gambling industry sponsorship of sport could soon go the way of tobacco sponsorship if public health advocates get their way, reports Daryl Holland.
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Volume 10 Number 7 July 14 - August 10 2014
Future Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals will have the opportunity for leadership development in health policy and practice thanks to a $10 million gift from leading Australian philanthropist, Greg Poche. By Elizabeth Brumby.
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Volume 10 Number 6 June 9 - July 13 2014
Six years after losing their daughter Isabella to an incurable form of brain cancer, University of Melbourne HIV/AIDS researcher Robert De Rose and his wife Khush are working to fund research into this rare and unforgiving disease. By Elizabeth Brumby.
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Volume 10 Number 6 June 9 - July 13 2014
A program to develop an enlightened empathy in medical students for people with epilepsy is being run as part of the Medical Humanities program of the Melbourne Medical School, and a new exhibition in the Medical History Museum, bring new insights into focus. By Annie Rahilly.
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