The Health Advocate - August 2020 - COVID-19 Edition

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Resilience and rapid response— boosting Australia’s health and medical research capabilities post COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an

and medical research community that can not

unprecedented global health challenge. It has

only respond rapidly, but facilitate any necessary

shone a spotlight on Australia’s health and medical

capacity-building to respond rapidly, to future public

research resilience and capacity, with publicly-

health threats and opportunities alike.

applauded innovations in areas such as mental health, screening and vaccine development. A recent report by Research Australia

It is clear that to inform evidence-based policy and practice requires agility and flexibility that does not reflect the natural rhythm of research, or research

demonstrated the depth and breadth of the

funding. While many individuals and organisations

Australian health and medical research sector

have managed to ‘pivot’ and re-purpose resources

response, showcasing over 150 projects that

and staff to forge new collaborations and research

featured: our understanding of COVID-19;

opportunities, many more have not.

development of therapies; testing and diagnostics;

The limitations of our health and medical research

health systems and workforce; and community

system have seen some missed opportunities, and

engagement.

a widening of existing inequalities—for example

However, significant gaps were also identified that need to be fixed to ensure a resilient health 54

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an under-representation of women in research productivity (see https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/7/


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Urgent policy and funding needs in the Alcohol and other Drug Sector in response to COVID-19

1min
pages 66-67

Health justice partnership in a time of pandemic

3min
pages 63-65

Rural Australia’s first COVID-19 respiratory clinic opens

4min
pages 60-62

General Practice funding needs reform after COVID-19 exposes weakness

4min
pages 57-59

Resilience and rapid response— boosting Australia’s health and medical research capabilities post COVID-19

3min
pages 54-56

Royal Hobart Hospital Robots

1min
page 52

The Hand Sanitiser Australia Project

3min
pages 50-51

Models of nursing and allied health student placements in times of COVID-19

3min
pages 47-49

Alarm over how the pandemic response is undermining public and preventive health research and teaching

4min
pages 44-46

Impact of COVID-19 on older adults’ mental health

4min
pages 39-41

Public pathology and the PathWest response to COVID-19

3min
pages 36-38

Amid the rush to telehealth, let’s ensure we address these cautions and questions

4min
pages 33-35

COVID-19 in Western Sydney

4min
pages 30-32

GP respiratory clinics in Canberra join COVID-19 fight

2min
pages 26-27

The 'hospital-in-the-home' revolution has been stalled by COVID-19, but it's still a good idea.

3min
pages 22-24

Pandemic kills COAG in pursuit of a ‘new normal’

4min
pages 19-21

COVID-19: Key policy issues in Australia’s bid to reopen

3min
pages 16-17

Realising the value of integrated care in Australia beyond

4min
pages 14-15

COVID-19 and its impacts on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

4min
pages 11-13

AHHA in the news

5min
pages 8-10

Now is not the time to shy away from innovation— and health reform

4min
pages 6-7

An interview with new AHHA Board Chair, the Hon. Jillian Skinner

3min
pages 4-5
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