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Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health
The Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health (ACITH) is a teaching and research collaboration between The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health Sciences (particularly the School of Population Health), and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR).
ACITH aims to improve the health of populations in Australia and internationally through excellence in education, research and service by the provision of first-class coursework and research degree courses in international and tropical public health for Australian students, students from tropical developing countries and other students with a strong interest in these areas. Other objectives include the development of superior facilities for research and research training, to support international and Australian public health programs and the transfer of knowledge and technology to tropical developing countries, and to make special provision for the training of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The maintenance and further development of strong collaborative links with an extensive number of national and international institutions is also a key objective.
ACITH Short Courses
The Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health (ACITH) runs short courses during the summer semester. Information about last year's courses are below: PUBH7117 Health Aspects of Disasters
The Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health (ACITH) runs short courses during the summer semester. Information about last year's courses are below:
PUBH7117 Health Aspects of Disasters
PUBH7116 Communicable Disease Control
PUBH7031 One Health
If you are interested in being kept up to date on 2013 short courses, please email us.
APMEN - Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network
Working together towards the elimination of malaria in the Asia Pacific.
APMEN is bringing together countries in Asia and the Pacific who have identified malaria elimination as their strategic objective in the fight against malaria.
The Network is a world-first initiative that brings Asia Pacific countries, research institutions and global health organisations together to exchange knowledge, develop leadership and build the evidence base required to eliminate malaria.
APMEN is particularly focusing on Pladmodium vivax, vector control, mobile populations and community participation.
The Network, led and managed by the Network Country members, is supported by collaboration between the School, the Global Health Group (University of California, San Francisco), Menzies Centre for Health Research, WHO, AusAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
MEDIA RELEASE: MVRC and UNIMAS new partners.
MEDIA RELEASE: New Country Partner Cambodia.
MEDIA RELEASE: August 20th is World Mosquito Day and we welcome Vietnam as our 13th country partner.
Contact APMEN:
Address:
Room 305, Edith Cavell Building,
School of Population Health,
University of Queensland
Herston Road,
Herston QLD 4006,
Australia
Phone: + 61 7 336 55446
Fax: + 61 7 336 55599
Email: apmen@sph.uq.edu.au
Link: apmen.org
Investment Case for Scaling Up Equitable Progress Towards MDGs 4 and 5
Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 aim to improve maternal, newborn and child health.
The Investment Case for financing equitable progress towards the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 is a research-for-policy initiative jointly funded by AusAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. For more information, please visit www.uq.edu.au/investmentcase/ or contact Dr Eliana Jimenez.
Pacific Malaria Initiative Support Centre
Based at SPH, PacMISC is part of a $25 million AusAID commitment to intensified malaria control and progressive elimination in the South-West Pacific. Currently working in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, PacMISC is a collaboration with the Australi...
Based at SPH, PacMISC is part of a $25 million AusAID commitment to intensified malaria control and progressive elimination in the South-West Pacific. Currently working in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, PacMISC is a collaboration with the Australian Army Malaria Institute (AMI) and QIMR.
PacMISC aims to provide flexible, highly focused, demand-driven, locally appropriate and cost-effective program management, training and technical assistance to partner governments in order to achieve the overall goal and objectives of country National Malaria Plans whilst at the same time contributing to health systems strengthening and human resource development. It is designed to provide harmonised support of the two partner governments' programs with other partners such as WHO, The Global Fund, Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
More information can be found at: www.pacmisc.net
Health Services in Severely Disrupted Environments
This six country case study of severely disrupted environments – Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Palestine, Somalia – examines what happens in terms of health service provision where the state is unable or unwilling to provide. Funded since 2011 by the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, it brings together a team under the coordination of Dr Enrico Pavignani (Adjunct Lecturer SPH) and Associate Professor Peter Hill. Markus Michael, Maurizio Murru and Mark Beesley have brought their extensive field and research experience to the case studies, demonstrating that far from a vacuum, the space left vacant by the state is active with a range of providers, and services that are both irregular and unpredictable in terms of quality and access.
Updated Palestinian report under the Palestine link. Plus a new report - Beyond the aid horizon. Research report - findings of a multi-country research programme on Health Service delivery in severely-disrupted contexts by Enrico Pavignani.
2013
New Articles in french:
Health Provision in the Central African Republic - latest draft
Dr Congo case study 5th draft
Two new draft articles:
Health Provision in the Central African Republic latest draft
Links to 3 x reports to do with the six country case study of severely disrupted environments:
The following reports are in French:
This six country case study of severely disrupted environments – Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Palestine, Somalia – examines what happens in terms of health service provision where the state is unable or unwilling to provide. Funded since 2011 by the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, it brings together a team under the coordination of Dr Enrico Pavignani (Adjunct Lecturer SPH) and Associate Professor Peter Hill. Markus Michael, Maurizio Murru and Mark Beesley have brought their extensive field and research experience to the case studies, demonstrating that far from a vacuum, the space left vacant by the state is active with a range of providers, and services that are both irregular and unpredictable in terms of quality and access.
Annual report and recent publications
Read some of our most recent papers.
Here are a selection of recent ACITH publications. Hard copies of most publications can be found at the seating area of level 3, Edith Cavell Building, RBWH Complex, Herston.
PUBLICATIONS 2013
Peter S. Hill, Lieve Goeman, Rahmi Sofiarini and Maddi M. Djara. 'Desa SIAGA', the 'Alert Village': the evolution of an iconic brand in Indonesian public health strategies. Health Policy and Planning 2013;1-12. doi:10.1093/heapol/czt027
ACITH Annual Report for 2012
C.E. Brolan, K. van Dooren, M. Taylor Gomez, L. Fitzgerald, R.S. Ware & N. G. Lennox (2013). Suranho healing: Filipino concepts of intellecutal disability and treament choices in Negros Occidenta. Disability & Society, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2013.771899. Link to article http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2013.771899
Adnan Ali Khan Choudhury, James V. Conlan, Vanessa Nadine Racloz, Simon Andrew Reid, Stuart D. Blacksell, Stanley G. Fenwick, Andrew R.C. Thompson, Boualam Khamlome, Khamphouth Vongxay and Maxine Whittaker. The Economic Impact of Pig-Associated Parasitic Zoonosis in Northern Lao PDR. Eco Health.
Link to article http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-013-0821-y
Gorik Ooms, Claire Brolan et al. Universal health coverage anchored in the right to health. Bull World Health Organ 2013;91:2-2A.
Available at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/1/12-115808
Bergquist R and Whittaker M. Control of neglected tropical diseases in Asia Pacific: implications for health information priorities. Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2012, 1:3.
Atkinson J-A, Johnson, M-L, Wijesinghe R, Bobogare A, Losi L, O'Sullivan M, Yamaguchi Y, Kenilorea G, Vallely A, Cheng Q, Ebringer A, Bain L, Gray K, Harris I, Whittaker M, Reid H, Clements A and Shanks D. Operational research to inform a sub-national surveillance intervention for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands. Malaria Journal 2012, 11:101
Razee H, Whittaker M, Jayasuriya R, Yap L, Brentnall L. Listening to the rural health workers in Papua New Guinea - The social factors that influence their motivation to work. Social Science and Medicine (2012), doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.013
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