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The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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The global health impacts of drug use

  • Date: 29 Sept - 3 Oct 2008
  • Venue: Melbourne, Australia
  • Host: Nossal Institute for Global Health, the University of Melbourne, in collaboration with Burnet Institute
  • This course outlines the sources, characteristics, routes of administration and effects of key drugs, enabling participants to acquire an understanding of the processes of illicit drug manufacture and trafficking, and patterns of drug use in the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide, their outcome in the social context, and to critique the policies and practical responses to drug use in different countries.

    This 5-day course is suitable for health program planners and managers, health practitioners and social workers, esp those working in HIV and drug control programs nationally & internationally.  It can be taken for academic credit or as a short course.

    Topics to be covered include: definitions, categories & key effects of licit & illicit drugs; historical perspectives on drugs and drug use; theory of drug dependence; world epidemiology of drug use and drug surveillance; sources, characteristics, routes of administration of drugs; drug policy process; health outcomes associated with licit and illicit drugs; drug use and other social problems; drug use and the global burden of disease; drug use and mental health; responses to drug use; drug use as a development issue.  Site visits to be organised as practical reinforcement of teaching.


  • Resource link: http://www.ni.unimelb.edu.au/Courses/Professional.html

International Congress on Chronic Disease Self - Management Australia 2008

  • Date: 26 - 28 November 2008
  • Venue: Melbourne, Australia
  • Host: University of Melbourne
  • The University of Melbourne will again host Australia's premier conference on Chronic Disease Self-management. In the context of new and emerging national and international policy and programs, this year's conference represents a very valuable opportunity for international knowledge exchange.

    This conference would be beneficial for program developers and managers, general practitioners and medical specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, community health educators, non government organisations, consumers and researchers.

    The program will consist of a day of workshops followed by two days of presentations. These will include those showcasing innovations in Chronic Disease Self-management in a variety of contexts (disease groups and modes of intervention), proffered papers, and presentations from both Australian and international leaders in the field.

    - The workplace: an untapped opportunity for Chronic Disease Self-management
    - Innovations in Chronic Disease Self-management program content and delivery
    - Optimising the role and impact of primary care
    - The needs of indigenous people and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
    - Chronic Disease self-management for young people
    - Health Literacy: the foundation of self-care and self-management support
    - Introduction of innovation: making Chronic Disease Self-management sustainable


  • Resource link: http://www.crd.unimelb.edu.au/news/archive.html#international

Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights

  • Date: 8 - 12 December 2008
  • Venue: UNSW, Sydney, Australia
  • Host: The Initiative for Health and Human Rights UNSW
  • The interactions between health, development and human rights are becoming increasingly clear: the growing recognition of their reciprocal relationships can help shape health and development policies, strategies and programs for the future.

    The learning objectives of this unique multi-disciplinary intensive course are to:

    1. Define underlying principles and prominent approaches applied to each of the fields of health, development and human rights;

    2. Describe the reciprocal interaction between health, development and human rights and how these linkages can be analysed and applied in practice in one or more selected areas pertinent to participants interests;

    3. Illustrate how international mechanisms and procedures can be applied to health, development and human rights and how they can be accessed;

    4. Identify key actions and research that is needed to further the synergy between health, development and human rights.

    This course will benefit those working internationally or locally in the Health, Development or Human rights sectors who want to better understand how to apply rights-based approaches to their fields.

  • Resource link: http://www.ihhr.unsw.edu.au/initiative/courses.html
 

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