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Established in 2006, the Nossal Institute for Global Health is a highly experienced, multidisciplinary team of applied researchers and practitioners working to improve the health of people in diverse settings globally, with a focus on Asia and the Pacific.
We have expertise in public health approaches, in health social sciences, and in working with governments, institutions and communities to promote development, livelihoods, resilience and equitable access to health. We use a systems lens to understand how strategies, policies and programs have an impact on the health and wellbeing of people.
Our purpose is to strengthen global health systems, equity, and outcomes through research, education, and collaboration.
Our values align with those of the wider Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences – respect, accountability, compassion, collaboration and teamwork, and integrity.
What we do
We are both a key centre within the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health and a subsidiary company of The University of Melbourne.
We conduct long-term academic research, supervise post graduate researchers and deliver teaching for the University, while also having the flexibility and specialised knowledge to be able to deliver and manage collaborative, applied projects and consultancies for a range of funders in the international development sector.
Our research and practice areas
We apply our diverse methodological and disciplinary expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics, social psychology, health sociology, anthropology, co-design, and implementation science across a broad range of health issues. In particular, we work with partners on:
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Equity and Inclusion
We generate evidence and provide technical expertise to ensure those most marginalised equitably participate in, and benefit from, global health and development processes.
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Health Systems Strengthening
We support countries in strengthening the foundations of health systems – their governance, financing, workforce, information systems, service delivery, and access to essential medicines and technologies.
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One Health
We support countries, local and regional organisations, and international agencies to reduce health risks at the human-animal-environment interface and strengthen development outcomes.
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Prevention and Management of Health Conditions
Our work generates evidence about effective, accessible and inclusive approaches to preventing and managing a range of conditions that undermine health globally, and particularly in Asia and the Pacific.
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Risk, Resilience and Climate
We work at the nexus of disaster risk, climate change, and health. We work with partners to understand, reduce and prevent disaster and climate risk, including in complex environments and with displaced populations.
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Women’s Health
We promote maternal health, ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights, strengthen responses to women’s health conditions, and prevent and respond to violence against women.
Our impact
We contribute to change in policies and practice that improves communities’ and individuals’ wellbeing.
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Our approach
We are systems thinkers. We recognise that health outcomes are reliant on multiple relationships, processes and intersecting systems. Complex interaction between political, social, cultural, economic (including industrial), agricultural and ecological factors influences our health and health systems. We advance health equity, inclusion and sustainability by drawing on and contributing to an evidence-based understanding of how these systems interact. Using a systems lens, the Nossal Institute for Global Health’s multi-disciplinary team of experts work with partners to formulate, explore, monitor and evaluate policies, strategies and programs in different settings for their impact on the health and wellbeing of people.
We support evidence building, capacity strengthening, applied research and evaluations, policy development and work in partnerships.
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We explore different elements of systems to build understanding of how social, political, economic, health, agricultural and cultural systems operate and interact to impact health at the global, national and local levels.
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We work with partners to develop relevant and sustainable skills, structures, and resources across the partnership.
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Our researchers are at the leading edge of discovery to develop, test, and validate approaches to improving global health.
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We use our expertise to work with decision makers to develop and improve policies that promote the health well being of communities and support their implementation.
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Partnership is essential to everything we do. It ensures relevance, quality, sustainability and ownership. We work with governments, academics, philanthropists, multilateral agencies, civil society partners and communities to influence health outcomes for all through evidence building and applied research. We share and translate our research into policy and practice, as well as education, learning and capacity strengthening for current and future leaders.
We share the knowledge generated through our work in a range of ways including technical and community reports, academic publications, policy briefs, using visual methods, and through the media.
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