
David Peiris
@davidpeiris
comprehensive primary health care for all
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http://www.georgeinstitute.org 16-10-2013 14:18:31
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In this study, David Peiris & colleagues investigate #CardiovascularDisease risk, socio-demographic factors and blood pressure medication use using population-based data from low and middle income countries plos.io/3c9x97k

Here are some of our thoughts on the PHC 10 year plan recommendations. Keen for critical feedback Lesley Russell Wolpe Prof Adam Elshaug Leanne Wells Richard Colbran Stephen Duckett Our Health in Our Hands ❤️💛🖤


New report from NCD Alliance The George Institute for Global Health & Helmsley Charitable Trust highlights urgent need to move from disease siloes in healthcare to synergistic services that address huge burden of #NCDs and put people at the centre #ActOnNCDs @annapalagyi @ninawren kent buse David Peiris

As Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office publishes its first position paper on health systems strengthening 👇 Laura Downey et al offer five recommendations to support stronger, fairer & more resilient systems 🦾starting with reversing #odacuts #UKRIcuts bmj.com/content/375/bm… via The BMJ #HSS


Known: Very low use of recommended meds at 12 months post heart attack. New: Biggest predictor of adherence (by a long way) was use of these meds pre-event. Implication: Greater support for people who are new to these meds Meg Jardine @[email protected] The George Institute for Global Health frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

#PrimaryHealthCare is a 3-for-1 investment in: ☂️Universal health coverage 🛡️ Health security ❤️Better health & well-being At #WHA75 & beyond, the Primary Health Care Research Consortium and PHCPI - Stronger With PHC (Archive) call on leaders to make a PHC approach the norm, not the exception. #StrongerWithPHC #HealthForAll



Congratulations Whenayon Simeon Ajisegiri for your article. ‘Among salaried CHWs in Nigeria, career progression and opportunity to convert from CHW to another cadre of health workers were key motivators’ @blakejangell Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá David Peiris Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema gh.bmj.com/content/7/10/e…

#WEbinar Back 🔥 This time we're discussing the #PublicHealth and #PrimaryHealthCare integration in #COVID19 vaccination campaigns globally. 📅 26th October, 09hrs00 🔊 David Ponka The College of Family Physicians of Canada The George Institute for Global Health Join us! bit.ly/3TTAKed


We successfully convened the mid-term investigator meeting of SAPPHIRE study - aims to strengthen Chinese #PHC to improve #Hypertension and #Diabetes Intervention will be soon to be implemented and evaluated from this year. The George Institute for Global Health David Peiris Xinyi Zhang


Dr Bindu Patel of The George Institute for Global Health is working with international researchers to address the growing burden of non-communicable diseases globally, particularly in Fiji, and has received more than $1.3 million to continue this research. 1/2



Congratulations Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema and Whenayon Simeon Ajisegiri - it was pure joy to be part of your graduation. Huge congratulations and best wishes from a very proud supervisor. UNSW Medicine & Health The George Institute for Global Health David Peiris Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá


We're thrilled that Prof Helena Legido-Quigley has joined us to lead our #HealthSystems work 🌟 ➤ With a focus on #equity, connection, & sustainability, read on to find out about Prof Legido-Quigley's plans: tinyurl.com/48mjvf5s George Institute UK Imperial School of Public Health Otavio Berwanger David Peiris

Must-read! On the importance of listening (particularly to communities and marginalised voices) in realising true #SocialParticipation in the pursuit of #UniversalHealthCoverage ➡️tinyurl.com/2r72apuu #SPHERE Dr Justin Koonin Emma Feeny Devaki Nambiar @shraddhamph Misimi Kakoti (she/her)

Can health system reform be achieved at the meso-tier level through regional alliances? Please read our new article on Collaborative Commissioning to find out more. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… The George Institute for Global Health Prof Adam Elshaug Bruce Landon @SalPearson MCHPE SNHNetwork UNSW Centre for Big Data Research in Health