A/Prof Angela Devine

New York Confirms State’s First Locally Acquired Case of Chikungunya

NY (Long Island) just confirmed local chikungunya transmission. One case is one case - not a growing outbreak - ongoing vector control and colder temps should keep it that way. Still: the illness is painful: terrible joint pain and when it spreads it spreads fast 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/n...

Big shout out to @patrickabraham.bsky.social who presented his PhD research beautifully and then prepared a rapid report on the costs and cost-effectiveness of G6PD screening for the team to use.

Last week we had a fantastic meeting with our partners and the Ministry of Health in Indonesia to discuss more effective treatment options for malaria. I'm lucky to work with so many enthusiastic and dedicated malaria researchers and policymakers. 🦟

Hopefully this will pave the way for other countries in the Americas (and further abroad) to implement tafenoquine 💪🏼🦟🩸

Interested in implementing tafenoquine prescriptions for those screening G6PD normal for the treatment of #VivaxMalaria? 🤔

The #HTA analysis we did showed a high likelihood of cost-effectiveness, leading to implementation in the Brazilian Public Health System.
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The deadline for applications is 28 September 2025

Improving methods for estimating productivity losses in economic evaluation : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> Economic evaluation and health technology assessment enable the comparison of different healthcare interventions, often through the calculations of incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). Most studies that have found that using the societal perspective, which includes household and healthcare provider costs, results in lower ICERs than when the healthcare provider perspective is used. </p> <p> Household costs tend to be driven by the cost of productivity losses to patients and any caregivers. These costs will vary depending on whose time losses are included and how these are valued. For example, the commonly used friction cost approach only includes the amount of time needed for the employer to find a replacement the worker, excluding any time losses experienced by the worker after that. If average or minimum wages are used to value productivity losses by gender, this has the potential to exacerbate gender-based inequities with productivity losses in men being valued more highly than women. Furthermore, questions remain about whether time losses for populations who are not in paid employment should be captured. In some countries, informal workers are more common than formal workers, requiring specialised surveys to capture income losses, which fluctuate over time. </p> <p> This PhD project will explore resources for estimating the value associated with time losses, estimate the impact of different methodological approaches on the resulting ICER, and develop best practices for the inclusion of productivity losses in a range of settings. </p>

Looking for an interesting #HealthEconomics PhD topic to sink your teeth into?

Come do a PhD on methods for estimating productivity losses with me! Potential for this to go in lots of different directions

Details & how to apply on the #UniMelb website 👇🏼
findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...

Yesterday was World Field Epidemiology Day, centred on "Making our Mark"🦠. In honour, WGH Aus has launched a profiling series to share the stories of two remarkable women, Dr Gina Samaan and Prof Fay Johnston, and their work in field epidemiology.
@womeningh.bsky.social

What more could you ask for in a collaborator 🙌🏼

We’re excited to invite our ACREME-affiliated members and collaborators to join us for the ACREME MASTER-MAP Annual Meeting, taking place 13–14 Oct in Melb. 🔗 Register here 👉 lnkd.in/gHiS6mgm

Looking for an interesting #HealthEconomics PhD topic to sink your teeth into?

Come do a PhD on methods for estimating productivity losses with me! Potential for this to go in lots of different directions

Details & how to apply on the #UniMelb website 👇🏼
forms.your.unimelb.edu.au/wf/eyJ0eXAiO...

Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach t...

Some very good news for a time in #GlobalHealth when there's so much bad news 🙌🏼

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🤔Thinking about developing an online model to inform policy decisions?

Check out our review of previous web-based tools and thoughts on how future work could be improved 👉🏼 rdcu.be/ezhUu

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Provocative presentation by Kathleen McGee from @lshtm.bsky.social at #iHEA2025 on costing community-led HIV services.

"Costing is political: whose costs are counted depends on who is involved"

Something to reflect on for future studies 🤔

UniMelb team #iHEA2025 photo 💥

@prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social @patrickabraham.bsky.social

Super interesting stats on how IHEA membership has changed over recent conference years. Great to see Asia take the membership lead at #iHEA2025

Gender identity and mental health inequalities 2001–2022: population-level evidence from an Australian cohort study Background Trans, non-binary and gender-diverse (TGD) people experience poorer mental health relative to cisgender populations. However, we know little on how TGD mental health inequalities are changi...

Presenting our paper on gender identity and mental health inequalities tomorrow at #IHEA2025 - come on down!

#lgbtq

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Refugee Week: Helena Hassani - Founder of Boland Parwaz — Women in Global Health Australia For Refugee Week 2025, Women in Global Health – Australia is proud to launch a special profiling series highlighting the voices and leadership of refugee women. Through the stories of two remarkable w...

3/3WGH Aus spoke with Helena Hassani; founder of Boland Parwaz, an organisation working to abolish child & forced marriage. Afghanistan-born and forced to flee to Australia in 2009, she is now a researcher, social worker, and human rights advocate. Read more: www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...

Refugee Week: Hon. Ayor Makur Chuot MLC - Member of the Legislative Council WA — Women in Global Health Australia For Refugee Week 2025, Women in Global Health – Australia is proud to launch a special profiling series highlighting the voices and leadership of refugee women. Through the stories of two remarkable w...

2/3 WGH Aus spoke with Hon Ayor Makur Chuot MLC, the first African-Australian woman elected to WA Parliament. After childhood in a refugee camp, she overcame significant barriers to work in various areas before being elected to the Legislative Council in WA. www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...

1/3 Refugee Week 2025 centers on ‘Finding Freedom: Diversity in Community’. In honour, WGH Aus launches a profiling series ton two remarkable refugee women, Hon Ayor Makur Chuot MLC and Helena Hassani, and their work to drive change in gender and health.

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Fantastic to be able to use routine data from Indonesia to examine malaria costs. 👏👏👏

Prof Kamala Thriemer has been awarded a 2024 NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant for the project “An ultra-short course of primaquine for the radical cure of vivax malaria”—a major step forward in the global fight against #malaria. Read about the grant: acreme.edu.au/announcement...

This study evaluates the impact of MSAT on malaria incidence in Karen State, Myanmar, using routine surveillance data, and investigates the impact of MSAT in other settings through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Read the latest: shorturl.at/PHyAD

Cost-effectiveness of maintaining an active hospital microbiology laboratory service in Timor-Leste Maintaining an active hospital microbiology laboratory allows definitive antibiotic treatment for bacterial infections to be given in a timely manner.…

Many hospitals in LMICs lack access to microbiology services. @cherrylim128.bsky.social et al asked if such services are a good use of limited resources. The answer: emphatically yes. Such services are likely to improve patient outcomes & reduce overall costs. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cost-effectiveness of maintaining an active hospital microbiology laboratory service in Timor-Leste Our findings indicate that investment in the maintenance and expansion of local diagnostic capacity is likely to be cost-effective in resource-limited settings.

Is it worthwhile investing in local diagnostic capacity to inform antibiotic treatment?

See our study on the cost-effectiveness of maintaining an active hospital microbiology laboratory service in Timor-Leste www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

This study estimated and compared household costs of illness during a unique time when four species of malaria were present, due to the emergence of zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi during the elimination phase of non-zoonotic species in Sabah, Malaysia Read the latest: shorturl.at/SAFtJ

Join Maulina Hafidzah on Thu 1 May, 2pm AEDT for her talk: "Using Serological Markers to Predict Recurrent P. vivax Infections in the PRIMA Study." Can high-dose primaquine be targeted to those who need it most? 🔗 Register here: events.humanitix.com/acreme-webin...

#malaria #globalhealth

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Household costs associated with zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi, P. falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae infections in Sabah, Malaysia Author summary Malaria patients experience financial barriers when seeking care, despite free access to universal care in Malaysia. In some areas of Southeast Asia, multiple species of malaria can be ...

🚨New paper alert🚨
We looked at costs due to 4(!) species of #malaria in Sabah, Malaysia, incl knowlesi
✨ Vivax costs were highest
✨ As usual, productivity losses were the most costly component of a malaria episode
✨ The costs were catastrophic for many households
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🚨 Applications Open! The awards provide vital support in research/lab exchanges, fieldwork & dissemination, training workshops & collaborative research.🔗 Apply now and take your research further lnkd.in/g9auPEhm