Despite efforts to reduce salt intake, many people still eat far too much salt.

Read our findings on how stronger reformulation policies could avert thousands of deaths each year: bit.ly/3UFqx7i

It’s time to #SwitchtheSalt . #SaltAwarenessWeek #LessSalt

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It’s #SaltAwarenessWeek , a good time to check our intake.

Most of us don’t know that eating too much salt raises our blood pressure and can shorten our lives.

It's time to #SwitchtheSalt

Childhood drowning is a silent epidemic, but the scale of the issue remains unknown.

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a new $60M investment to work with partners, including The George Institute, on #DrowningPrevention solutions that will help save lives.

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Thrilled to be starting this role The George Institute for Global Health UNSW Medicine & Health and for the opportunities it brings to work with and for women on improving women's health across the lifecourse Australian Action on Preeclampsia RANZCOG - O&G Maternal, Newborn and Women's CAG SPHERE SOMANZ UNSW Prince of Wales Clinical School

'Convincing people in leadership roles — in governments, laboratories, medical ethics boards, education and so on — of the importance of including #sex and #gender in research is especially crucial.'

Don't miss this critical read! 📖👇

This #WorldObesityDay ⭕️, our CEO Johanna Ralston and President-Elect Dr. Simón Barquera joined kent buse of the The George Institute for Global Health in the The BMJ to highlight the need to talk about obesity differently. 🗣️

➡️ Read it here: bmj.com/content/384/bm…

#LetsTalk #ObesityAnd #WOD2024

It's nice to be back in Sydney and visiting the new The George Institute for Global Health offices in Barangaroo 🦘 ☀️

Thousands of deaths and heart attacks could be prevented - and billions of Kenyan shillings saved - if the country restricted trans fat in food to World Health Organization (WHO) limits, according to research by The George Institute for Global Health.
#TransFatFreeEAC
#TransFatFreeKenya

Where the salt in your diet comes from depends on where you live, so comprehensive salt reduction strategies are needed to reduce intakes globally.
It’s time to #SwitchtheSalt .
#SaltAwarenessWeek #LessSalt
Read more👉bit.ly/4dGTfNw

On Tuesday three members of our Guunu-maana(Heal) team presented at The George Institute for Global Health Consumer and Community Involvement Forum, sharing with community members and TGI researchers how to engage with First Nations people in grant applications

#NephroNuggets

🤔Condition in #Nephrology with the most revolutionary change in 💉💊

🌟Diabetic 🫘 disease 🆚⚖️
IgA Nephropathy🌠

👀👇 🆕 pillars in management of both

Credit: #ISNWCN and The George Institute for Global Health

#MedEd #NephTwitter #Nephpearls #NephX
#MedTwitter #MedX

The George Institute in partnership with INDIGO is working to address mental health stigma across Africa and Asia.

Their recent study in North India highlights the importance of culturally tailored interventions to combat stigma.

#MentalHealth #BreakTheStigma The George Institute for Global Health

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Timely access to mental health care makes all the difference to those in need - which can be any one of us. Consul Andrew inaugurated a The George Institute for Global Health workshop on 'strengthening mental health program implementation' in #Hyderabad , which 🇦🇺 supports thru our Direct Aid Program.

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The A-Team that delivers on Sustainable Global Health Workforce Solutions🏆🥇❤️🎓 Rohina Andrea Durbach #BlakeAngell UNSW Medicine & Health The George Institute for Global Health

Sharing the PBB results at VFAP2024. Important findings on IGFBP4/SHBG for preterm birth prediction in Vietnam Nam ⁦OUCRU⁩ ⁦Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health⁩ ⁦The George Institute for Global Health⁩

Congratulations to Prof Alta Schutte, of @unsw and The George Institute for Global Health, for receiving the 2023 NHMRC Fiona Stanley Synergy Grant Award for her research into solving Australia’s hypertension treatment problem.
Read more on our website: ow.ly/pe3n50Rvljy #NHMRCawards

Congratulations to Dr Jagnoor Jagnoor who has received funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies for a statewide study in West Bengal investigating the burden and causes of drownings.
Anushka Patel Margie Peden Ben Jordan David Peiris Ganapati Mudur Julie Brown