Global Health and Equity Development
What is needed, wanted, and implementable
When we focus on this, we can achieve the best possible health equity and well-being with a community.
Our projects
Collaborating with the French national public health agency (Santé publique France (SpF)) in a €53 million European Commission program—Joint Action on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes (JACARDI)—the Ophelia process is being used across 24 pilot projects in 13 countries. Each pilot is tailored to local needs and contexts.
Loddon Mallee's melanoma rates are 34 per cent above the state average, highlighting a significant burden of skin cancer incidence within the region. Local health services are keen to make sure residents receive high quality treatment as early as possible.
Professor Leigh Kinsman and a team of researchers led by La Trobe University have received $2.8 million in Australian Government funding through the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to do this important work.
The Ophelia process is being used to bring together local health organisations to co-design contextualised and implementable solutions.