.The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, Monash Public Health and Charles Perkins Centre clinical trial of statins to prevent brain complications from #COVID19 to receive immediate funding from the Medical Research Future Fund. Read here: bit.ly/353VpW4

‘The expedited roll out of the vaccination programme will help ensure Australia never finds itself in the same situation as the UK’ says The George Institute for Global Health's Stephen MacMahon from UK #lockdown. Read more: bit.ly/3nxAuku

Help us, practitioners, policymakers & researchers identify how best to maximise bang for buck in #ResourcingForHealth in the #COVID19 era. . Join our webinar 28 Jan 👉 bit.ly/r4h Jane Hirst Rob Yates The George Institute for Global Health Action for Global Health UK Working Group on NCDs United for Global Mental Health

What possible end could justify such means? bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

bbc.com/news/world-us-… In the US, the 12-month cost of medical care for ovarian cancer is about $100,000. Average out-of-pocket costs are $3,000-4,000. That might sound like a good deal. But half of all women have less than $500 in the bank to pay for emergency medical costs.

via New York Times Opinion and not before time. Horrifying. nytimes.com/2023/11/20/opi…

An inevitable pandemic bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

On average, a doctor working in the Gaza Strip sees 113 patients per day. unrwa.org/activity/healt…

This week, I urged the Security Council to press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza & I reiterated my appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire. ‌ Regrettably, the Security Council failed to do it. ‌ But that does not make it less necessary. ‌ I promise: I will not give up.

No apology is enough to excuse saying that a call for genocide could be considered appropriate “in context”. The fact that others, including the Harvard President, made similar statements suggests a wider problem. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

#IMPACT

Statements of support from across the UK research sector underscore the need to improve the accuracy, reproducibility, and equity of research through better accounting of sex and gender, George Institute UK MESSAGE (Medical Science Sex & Gender Equity) #GetTheMESSAGE #SexAndGender bmj.com/content/383/bm…

This should a be a human right bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Australia 2023. - New York Times highlights (1) nytimes.com/2023/12/24/wor…

Australia 2023. - New York Times highlights (2) - not exactly balanced … nytimes.com/2023/12/21/mov…

It’s not just the bombs, the bullets and the starvation bbc.com/news/world-mid…

doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q6… How will US physicians and pharmacies cope? Maybe Macdonald’s can help. “Do you want Wegovy with that? Just roll up your sleeve and we will dispense while you are swiping your card”

bmj.com/content/384/bm…. I recall the taxi drivers union calling for an urgent review of the safety and competence of Uber drivers. AI and EDS will lead to a fundamental restructure of the medical work force - sooner than later. A bit like Google maps did for a “lift home”.