Lowering the barriers for ageing migrants
A Flinders conference will address cultural and linguistic barriers that adversely affect access to legal, health and financial services for ageing migrants.
A Flinders conference will address cultural and linguistic barriers that adversely affect access to legal, health and financial services for ageing migrants.
A Flinders researcher has co-authored a case study that found live Ebola virus in a patient’s eye fluid, 10 weeks after the virus was no longer detectable in the patient’s blood.
Marine biotechnology, entrepreneurship and health education were the focus of high-level talks by Flinders University during a large South Australian trade mission to China.
The Ebola epidemic has thrown the spotlight on the shortage of health care workers in Africa, with many countries facing major challenges to rebuild, says Professor Michael Kidd, the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University.
A new research centre to be launched at Flinders today is dedicated to achieving fairer health outcomes and improving the wellbeing of Australians.
Flinders University’s Professor Michael Kidd recently hosted a group of senior university leaders from the United Kingdom at a workshop exploring new strategies to drive healthy responses to global medical challenges.
“If a developing country like Cuba can train more doctors and nurses than they need so they can contribute to the health care needs of other countries around the world – why can’t Australia do the same?”
A medical scientist from Namibia has become the first international student to undertake a Graduate Certificate at Flinders University’s International Centre for Point-of-Care Testing.
Eight villages, nine days and some 6,200 eye examinations; no wonder Flinders University Optometrist Jason Booth was admittedly exhausted on his recent return from Nepal.