{"id":5051,"date":"2024-12-10T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T04:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2024-12-10T14:54:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T04:54:01","slug":"new-partnership-to-improve-adolescent-health-in-the-asia-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/2024\/12\/10\/new-partnership-to-improve-adolescent-health-in-the-asia-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"New partnership to improve child and adolescent health in the Asia-Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"

New $10 Million Partnership to Improve Child and Adolescent Health in the Asia-Pacific<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute (MCRI) is excited to announce its new initiative to strengthen child and adolescent health across the Asia-Pacific. Under the Partnerships for a Healthy Region Initiative<\/strong><\/a>, the Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has awarded MCRI a $10 million strategic grant to establish the ReALiSE program<\/strong> \u2013 the Regional Alliance for Learning in Systems for Equitable Child and Adolescent Health.<\/p>\n

This three-year program aims to strengthen resilience in public health systems and engage with youth leaders and local communities to improve the health and wellbeing of young people in 12 countries.<\/p>\n

Our Focus: Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases in Adolescents<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As part of the ReALiSE initiative, our project is dedicated to defining key adolescent NCD risks<\/strong> and communicating evidence-based actions<\/strong> to prevent adolescent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Indonesia and Fiji<\/strong>. Adolescence is a critical period for establishing healthy behaviors, and our work will:<\/p>\n

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  • Identify the most significant NCD risks among adolescents.<\/li>\n
  • Map existing policies and programs addressing these risks.<\/li>\n
  • Synthesize evidence to recommend targeted actions for prevention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    This project will not only inform policy and programming<\/strong> in Indonesia and Fiji but will also provide a model for effective NCD prevention strategies<\/strong> across the region and beyond.<\/p>\n

    ReALiSE Program Objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    The ReALiSE program, in collaboration with 26 local organizations, will tackle some of the most pressing health challenges in the Asia-Pacific, including:<\/p>\n

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    • Strengthening local health systems data to improve care and the use of oxygen as an essential medicine in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Papua New Guinea<\/li>\n
    • Improving public health control of neglected tropical diseases, such as scabies, in Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Tuvalu<\/li>\n
    • Engaging young leaders to strengthen evidence-based policy for adolescent health in Fiji and Indonesia<\/li>\n
    • Strengthening communicable disease surveillance and evidence for regional investment in vaccines in Fiji, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam<\/li>\n
    • Engaging young people, families and communities to improve vaccine uptake in Indonesia and the Philippines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      Dr Lucas de Toca, Australia’s Ambassador for Global Health, signing the agreement with MCRI Director Professor Kathryn North AC alongside the MCRI Global Health team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute will partner with 12 countries in the Pacific and Southeast Asia under a $10 million initiative to improve child and adolescent health across the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5051"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5055,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051\/revisions\/5055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}