Vision

Our vision is to create:

• a high functioning, innovative, sustainable research base for global health within the School of Population Health.

General goals

Our goals are to:

• contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of populations, through research, policy and capacity building in low-and middle income settings with a specific focus on the Asia and Pacific region
• establish partnerships with key academic and health care provider institutions within the Asia and Pacific region to promote and foster global health research, policy and capacity building
• provide training in global health by developing a teaching portfolio that equips students and health professionals to actively contribute to improving the health of disadvantaged populations.

Specific areas of focus

• Asian and Migrant health
• Climate change and environmental health
• Indigenous health
• Non-communicable disease prevention
  • Health technologies
  • Tobacco control
  • Alcohol
  • Nutrition and physical activity
  • Gambling
  • Mental health
  • Injury prevention
• Pacific health
• Primary healthcare / health system strengthening
• Social determinants of health