ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas program recorded our recent event with global health expert, Nina Schwalbe. The ABC writes: The global health order is shifting — and the ripple effects are impossible to ignore. Once the world’s largest funder of health programs, the United States has pulled back dramatically: cutting HIV/AIDS support, freezing critical research funding, restricting gender-affirming care, […]
The Australian Global Health Alliance is delighted to announce Melbourne Children’s Global Health as the newest Bronze Sponsor of the Alliance. Melbourne Children’s Global Health (MCGH) is an initiative of Melbourne Children’s Campus- a partnership of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; The University of Melbourne, Department of Paediatrics; and The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. MCGH aims […]
The Australian Global Health Alliance is delighted to welcome UNSW’s School of Population Health as the newest financial member of the Alliance. The University of New South Wales’s School of Population Health is the oldest and largest health management program in Australia, ranked top 50 globally for public health research. The school’s work ranges from […]
The Australian Global Health Alliance (Alliance) is deeply concerned about the uncontrolled and accelerating multi-country outbreak of mpox in African countries, centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) but spreading rapidly internationally. The Alliance calls on the Australian Government to expedite resources towards mobilisation of an effective, internationally coordinated and equitable response that will […]
The Australian Global Health Alliance is delighted to welcome the Australian Medical Student Association (AMSA) Global Health as the newest reciprocal member of the Alliance. AMSA Global Health is the peak representative body for the global health interests of Australia’s 17,000 medical students. It is the largest subcommittee of the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA). […]
The Australian Global Health Alliance is delighted to welcome the Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation (AFRAN) as the newest reciprocal member of the Australian Global Health Alliance. AFRAN is a major actor of Australian-French cooperation in the areas of research and innovation. AFRAN is active in making industry-academia connections, providing networking, seed-funding promising collaborations, providing insights into the French […]
The Australian Global Health Alliance is delighted to welcome FREO2 Foundation (FREO2) as the newest member of the Australian Global Health Alliance. FREO2 is a global not-for-profit organization dedicated to reducing the number of deaths of babies and children suffering from pneumonia or hypoxia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). With a vision of a […]
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause global social and economic devastation. To date, according to official reports the pandemic has claimed more than 7 million lives, has seen a new global cohort of people emerge who are living with the limitations of long covid, has set back years of hard-fought progress towards the Sustainable Development […]
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Advisory Board member, Australian Global Health Alliance The Australian Global Health Alliance (“the Alliance”) is the national peak body for global health organisations. Founded in 2016 on the principles of promoting partnership for health equity, sustainable development and that advancing First Nations health and Planetary Health are integral to global […]
In December 2022, The Australian Global Health Alliance, hosted jointly by the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, addressed the ongoing women’s revolution in Iran, ignited by the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini in police custody in September 2022. Our webinar featured a crucial discussion with three prominent female Iranian academics, who shared insights […]
The Alliance undertook a consultation with members in November 2022 to prepare a submission into DFAT’s new international development policy. Key messages: Global Health is ultimately the health of all of us – not some of us and is affected by and in turn affects, social, legal, political, ecological, and commercial determinants health which require […]
The below document outline a series of recommendations, on behalf of Pacific Friends of Global Health, for the upcoming 2022-23 Federal Budget.
Dear Prime Minister, We write to you out of our grave concern regarding the state of global vaccine inequity, and the opportunity we believe Australia has to help address this vital issue affecting us all….DOWNLOAD PDF OF LETTER
Thursday, December 2, 2021 Australia’s leading epidemiologists, global health, business, development and aid organisations have united to call on the Federal Government to urgently ramp up its global vaccination efforts following the emergence of the Omicron variant. The coalition, brought together by End COVID For All, includes the Business Council of Australia, the Australian Global […]
