World Health Summit Regional Meeting

A smiling young Asian woman with her smiling mother, sitting at a table attending to a plant

Ageing Asia: The need to invest in women to ensure elderly wellbeing

New research indicates living with daughters can help lower gender wellbeing inequality in old age. But it also hints at the enduring influence of culture.

Business

World Health Summit Regional Meeting

Together with our partners, Monash University is proud to host the 2024 World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Melbourne from 22 - 24 April, under the banner ‘Shaping the future of health across Asia and the Pacific’, where more than 1200 delegates from more than 40 nations are coming together for this first-ever dedicated Asia Pacific regional meeting.

Among the world-leading experts featured throughout the meeting, the program boasts Monash-affiliated speakers working on the front lines of change across the Asia-Pacific region. Learn more about their work in this curated collection of articles, documentaries and podcast episodes

Monash is a founding member and key contributor to the M8 Alliance of academic health centres, universities and national academies that is the academic foundation of the World Health Summit. To learn more, visit www.whsmelbourne2024.com.

The Australian Parliament house is hardly visible behind a dense smog.

The invisible killer lurking in our cities’ air

As climate change makes smog and bushfires more common, people will die from air pollution at increasingly high rates – especially in densely-populated cities.

Medicine and health

Listening to Indigenous peoples’ knowledge

It’s time to ditch colonial thinking and listen to the wisdom of Indigenous peoples to advance health and wellbeing, and to forge a sustainable planetary future.

Medicine and health

Illustration of a dripping tap with a cracked, arid landscape background

Under the weather: How climate change is affecting human mortality

A new international study has found that more than five million extra deaths a year can be attributed to hot and cold temperatures.

Medicine and health

Doctor contemplating Earth's climate changes with open arms.

COP28: The climate crisis is a health crisis

COP28 will include the first dedicated “Health Day”. It’s due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis.

Environment

Gloved hands of Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN) officers taking a sample of powder from a package.

Indonesia, drugs, and the victimisation of women

Police drug-enforcement activities in Indonesia do more harm than good, and women bear the brunt of it. It’s time for Indonesia to decriminalise drug use, and expand health services.

Politics and society

What needs to happen to end gender-based violence at universities

Gender-based violence is a national crisis, one the university sector is not immune from, and we need to step up now.

Politics and society

Monash youth delegates reflect on the UN climate change forum

Three Monash University youth ambassadors played important roles at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP), the world’s most significant global forum for climate action.

Sustainability