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WEBINARS & Education Programs Ramping Up
2021 COVID Vaccination Webinar Series: Pacific Focused Information and Discussions Series - See All Here
ANZGITA ramped up our education programs via Zoom Webinars to impart valuable educational information to our members and medical students in a large Pacific region with up to 80 attendees at each of the five webinars. Our Pacific programs leader, Dr Chris Hair, initiated these COVID Vaccine webinars featuring experts around the region to provide a forum for group discussion and questions with our guest speakers.
Testimonials support the value of this innovative education. Read them here.
ANZGITA ramped up our education programs via Zoom Webinars to impart valuable educational information to our members and medical students in a large Pacific region with up to 80 attendees at each of the five webinars. Our Pacific programs leader, Dr Chris Hair, initiated these COVID Vaccine webinars featuring experts around the region to provide a forum for group discussion and questions with our guest speakers.
Testimonials support the value of this innovative education. Read them here.
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ANZGITA participation in GENCA Conference 28-30 May
GENCA 2021 - 28-30 May - ANZGITA hosted Booth 10 at the Surfers Paradise Conference and Board Director, Di Jones, presented on "Colonoscopy Clinical Standards" and participated on the follow-on Q&A panel. Thank you to our QLD nurse volunteers; Kim, Emma, Alison, Lynette, Kris and Di for hosting our booth.
ANZGITA Member, Susie Netterfield, published an article in the GENCA Magazine on her Fiji training experiences. Read it HERE.
ANZGITA Member, Susie Netterfield, published an article in the GENCA Magazine on her Fiji training experiences. Read it HERE.
Grand Rounds ANZGITA Presentation - Thursday, 22 April, 1.00pm View Session Here
Chair, Prof Finlay Macrae and Pacific Programs Leader, Chris Hair led a well-received presentation to University of Melbourne students, from the Royal Melbourne Hospital on ANZGITA's Past, Present and Future in support of improved health in the people of developing Indo-Pacific nations. Prof Macrae would like to thank our guest presenters Assoc Prof Joji Malani, Lead Director, Medical Training, World Gastroenterology Organisation (WHO) Training Centre, Colonial War Memorial Hospital Endoscopy Unit, who enlightened us on How ANZGITA Works in Fiji, and Prof Michael Wesley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International, University of Melbourne, who discussed How ANZGITA Fits into Australia's Broader Interests in the Pacific. He noted the importance of ANZGITA's skills transfer model for underdeveloped countries, now adopted by other specialist medical services in the region such as infectious diseases.
Members Meeting - Monday, 19 April, 6.00pm AEST View Session Here
Chair, Prof Finlay Macrae would like to thank our guest speaker and those who attended the webinar. Our speakers Pacific Programs Leader, Chris Hair, and Assoc Prof Collin Tukuitonga, Assoc Dean Pacific, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, led interesting and thought-provoking discussions on the challenges associated with providing the best healthcare possible for our Pacific neighbours.
EQUIPMENT NEWS - Benchtop Sterilisers have been purchased for our partners' endoscopy units in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. Read more
Gastroenterologists Conduct Pacific Training Virtually During COVID
Covid-19 may have cancelled medical rotations from New Zealand to the Pacific this year, but it has not ruined the plans of gastroenterology trainers. Read the RNZ article here featuring our own Dr Ian Turner and Karen Kempin.
Shout out to the brilliant nurses at Epworth Hospital in Geelong for their incredible work! They all look great rocking our Gutsy Nurse Socks!
New stock is in!
Support Gutsy Docs & Gutsy Nurses - ANZGITA Socks - Order NOW! - Click for more info
In this crazy year especially, here is an idea to honour and support a gutsy doctor or nurse in your clinic or hospital, well-deserving of a pair of cool socks for Christmas!
These colourful socks honouring our dedicated healthcare workers are now available internationally to buy directly from the Sydney Sock Project website.
Support Gutsy Docs & Gutsy Nurses - ANZGITA Socks - Order NOW! - Click for more info
In this crazy year especially, here is an idea to honour and support a gutsy doctor or nurse in your clinic or hospital, well-deserving of a pair of cool socks for Christmas!
These colourful socks honouring our dedicated healthcare workers are now available internationally to buy directly from the Sydney Sock Project website.
University of Otago NZ Offer Pacific Physicians Free Courses
Prof Michael Schultz, Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago in Dunedin, NZ has generously extended an offer to Pacific physicians to attend the department's online RACP written and clinical exam refresher courses at no charge. Read more here.
ANZGITA to Provide 2021 Myanmar Webinar Training Program
In 2021 ANZGITA will again be providing capacity building training for colleagues in Myanmar. An agreement has been signed with University of Medicine 2 (UM2) which is associated with Thingangyun Sanpya General Hospital (TSGH) in Yangon. Read more here.
COVID-19 Is Reaching the Last Coronavirus-Free Nations on Earth - Isolated Pacific island nations closed their borders early in the pandemic, but COVID-19 is beginning to creep in. Read in TIME, 13 Nov 20
ANZGITA AGM Summary and Prof Michael Wesley, Deputy Vice Chancellor International, University of Melbourne on “The Role of Australian and New Zealand NGOs in the Contemporary Indo-Pacific”
ANZGITA AGM Summary and Prof Michael Wesley, Deputy Vice Chancellor International, University of Melbourne on “The Role of Australian and New Zealand NGOs in the Contemporary Indo-Pacific”
Annual Report 2019-2020 Released
You Can Help - Present our Flipbook - About ANZGITA - Helping Save Lives
Thank you Kim West for being the first member to present this to colleagues.
ANZGITA Leaders published in Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
A paper by Desmond Leddin (ANZGITA Advisory Group Member) and Finlay Macrae (ANZGITA Chair) was published in the May/June Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology which documents the need for the gastroenterology community to consider the implications of climate change for Gastrointestinal Health and Disease. We invite you to read it here.
ANZGITA Tele-Health WEBINARS - Next up: Friday, 21 May 2021
The program of interactive learning webinars, organised by Assoc Prof Chris Hair in association with the Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center at University of Hawaii, continues to run. The program's value is heightened at a time when face-to-face contact is not possible. Go to our Webinar page for session information and video links.
DFAT Partnerships for Recovery Strategy - The Foreign Minister and Minister for International Development and the Pacific launched the Australian Government’s COVID-19 development response strategy, Partnerships for Recovery. We are pleased to provide you with a copy of the Strategy here.
The Strategy presents Australia’s priorities in working globally, and especially with our near neighbours, to minimise the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are pivoting our development partnerships in support of the health security, economic recovery and stability of our region.
The Strategy presents Australia’s priorities in working globally, and especially with our near neighbours, to minimise the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are pivoting our development partnerships in support of the health security, economic recovery and stability of our region.