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World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2024
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In November 2022, the World Health Summit’s M8 Alliance announced that Monash University, with support from the Victorian Government, Tourism Australia and the Melbourne Convention Bureau would host the 2024 World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Melbourne.
The 2024 World Health Summit Regional Meeting’s theme is “Informed Prevention, Informed Care” with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. The proposed program will draw on key topics affecting global health outcomes that are defined as global challenges in the University’s Impact 2030 strategic plan: fostering thriving communities, geopolitical security and climate change.
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World Mosquito Program
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The World Mosquito Program (WMP) is a not-for-profit group of companies owned by Monash University that works to protect the global community from mosquito-borne diseases. The program uses naturally occurring bacteria called wolbachia to reduce the ability of mosquitoes to transmit mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya.
As of June 2022, the WMP had projects operating in 12 countries across Oceania, Asia, Europe, and the Americas (offices established in Australia, Vietnam, France and Panama) and our Wolbachia mosquitoes have reached more than 10 million people.
Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies
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The Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies (M3CS) integrates interdisciplinary consciousness research, community engagement and contemplative education to promote interfaith and secular dialogue. In 2022, the Centre initiated professional education units to make mindful practice education available outside the Monash, including government and international organisations. It also undertakes groundbreaking research to underpin the science of mindfulness.
Healthcare Workforce and System Sustainability
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Healthcare generates some of the highest carbon emissions in the world, with Australia’s healthcare sector being responsible for 7% of the country’s total carbon footprint. Monash researchers from School of Nursing and Midwifery and Monash Sustainable Development Institute developed an education program to help embed Indigenous knowledges and voices to teach the next generation of healthcare workers more about sustainable healthcare as a means of addressing the climate impact of the sector.
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Pacific Indicators for Disability Inclusive Education (Pacific INDIE) project
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The Pacific INDIE project is a collaboration between Monash University, Pacific Disability Forum, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Nossal Institute for Global Health and CBM to develop indicators for disability-inclusive education in the Pacific and guidelines for their implementation. The project is helping to embed indicators within education ministries, schools, teacher training colleges, NGOs and disabled persons’ organisations, as well as build data analysis skills within these organisations. With the initial phase of Pacific INDIE completed, the project is now moving onto another stage.
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Healthy Eating Active Living Matters (HEALing Matters) Alliance
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The Healthy Eating, Active Living Matters (HEALing Matters) Alliance is an international network of academics, practitioners, and policymakers established to improve health equity
for children and their families. The program, which is co-designed by researchers at Monash University, young people with lived experience and other key stakeholders, provides young people living in care with information and practical resources to help them make positive choices and behaviour changes in relation to their health and wellbeing.
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Better Biking Infrastructure, More Sustainable Cities
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Cycling is a male dominated activity in Australia, where twice as many men ride bikes than women. The Sustainable Mobility and Safety Research Group in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences has been exploring opportunities to increase the proportion of women who cycle. Their research found that increasing women’s engagement in decisions about new bike infrastructure, including protected bike lanes, and financial incentives to expand the use of e-bikes are key to getting more women on the road.
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