Monthly Archives: February 2023

Clinical Transfusion Practice: Small steps and giant leaps

This Grand Rounds presentation was originally given as The Ruth Sanger Oration at the Blood conference in 2022.  The Ruth Sanger Medal is awarded annually by the Australian and New Zealand Society of blood transfusion to someone who has made a significant contribution to the field of transfusion medicine. It is made in memory of the extraordinary contributions of Ruth Sanger, an Australian scientist and blood group serologist whose meticulous work led to significant increases in our knowledge of blood groups, blood-group antibodies, and the genetics of blood groups.

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Caring for Children with Cancer Wherever They May Live: ARIA and the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer

Is it possible, and is it ethical to resource-adapt cancer treatment developed in high income countries for the benefit of children with cancer living in low- and middle-income settings?

This is the dilemma, and the challenge, faced by health care professionals in such countries who care for 80% of the world’s children who have cancer, and where the chance of cure often remains poor. Adapting cancer treatment is a key pillar of the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer to improve the cure rates for children with cancer to 60% by 2030.

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Design for Health Equity: Lessons from health literacy

This Grand Round will consider how human-centered design, applied to the health system and informed by a health-literacy framework, may help advance health equity.  We will review evidence that includes inter-disciplinary scholarship (e.g., behavioral science, computer science, clinical epidemiology) in the areas of obesity prevention, promoting school readiness, chronic-illness management and the care of children with special health care needs.

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