Global Child and Adolescent Health

Global Child and Adolescent Health

The Global Child and Adolescent Health podcast is brought to you by Melbourne Children’s Global Health. The podcast is a series of conversations with leaders in research, education, and global child and adolescent health. These conversations place children and adolescents at the center of sustainable development.

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November 7, 2024 61 mins

In this episode, Dr Shiraz Badurdeen speaks with Professor Hoang Thi Tran, and Dr Made Sukmawati about the outcomes of newborns in their different settings and in-particular the positive impact of implementing kangaroo mother care for premature babies. 

Dr Shiraz Badurdeen is a Consultant Neonatologist at the Mercy Hospital for Women and the inaugural Melbourne Children’s Global Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow. As an early-care...

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In this episode, Professor Peter Azzopardi speaks with Dr Rachel Devi from Fiji and Dr Braghmandita Widya Indraswari from Indonesia about adolescent health in their settings and the different ways in which their countries respond to the various challenges facing adolescent health today. 

Peter Azzopardi MEpi FRACP PhD leads a program of research around global adolescent health, with a strong focus on health equity. He is a part of ...

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In this episode, Sarah Andersson the World Scabies Program Manager talks to Oliver Sokana from the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services about the collaboration to eliminate scabies in Solomon Islands. 

The World Scabies Program (WSP) is an initiative of Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). WSP was established in 2019 to support countries to im...

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In this episode Professor Steve Graham talks to Professor Mark Cotton, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University. They discuss his early medical career, as the first paediatric infectious disease specialist in South Africa and one of the first doctors in Africa to treat children with antiretrovirals (ARVs), leading the Children with HIV Early Antiretroviral Therapy (CHER) trial, and current involvement in ...

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In this episode Professor Steve Graham discusses bridging the knowledge-practice gap in tuberculosis management with Dr Trisasi Lestari, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, and Dr Bazarragchaa Tsogt, Mongolian Anti-Tuberculosis Coalition, Mongolia.

Dr Trisasi Lestari is a tuberculosis (TB) researcher at the Center for Tropical Medicine at the University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. Dr Lestari is also a PhD candidate at Menzies School...

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In this episode Professor Julie Bines and Professor Jarir At Thobari talk about the rotavirus vaccine research collaboration, the power of collaboration with a focus on the partnership between researchers in Indonesia and Australia, and how this collaboration will facilitate access to the RV3  rotavirus vaccine globally. 

Professor Julie Bines is the Victor and Loti Smorgon Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at ...

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