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Global health

Research

Prevalence of microcephaly in an Australian population-based birth defects register, 1980–2015

Michele Hansen, Paul K Armstrong, Carol Bower and Gareth S Baynam

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 351-356 Free

Guideline summary

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline

Nadia J Chaves, Georgia A Paxton, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Aesen Thambiran, Joanne Gardiner, Jan Williams, Mitchell M Smith and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 310-315 Free

Perspectives

Global women’s health issues: sex and gender matter

Patricia M Davidson, Nancy E Glass and Michelle DiGiacomo

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 346-348

Letters

Violence against women: why higher reporting might be good

Anna M Klinken Whelan, Jan E Ritchie and Carina Hickling

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 379-380

Perspectives

No Jab, No Pay — no planning for migrant children

Georgia A Paxton, Lauren Tyrrell, Sophie B Oldfield, Karen Kiang and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 296-298 Free

Letters

English as a second language and outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: results from the CONCORDANCE registry

Craig P Juergens, John K French and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (3): 140

News / From the Lowitja Institute

The health of indigenous and tribal peoples across the world: The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration

Romlie Mokak

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 6 Free

Editorials

We need transformative change in Aboriginal health

Shane Houston

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 17-18 Free

Perspectives

Ebola outbreak in West Africa: considerations for strengthening Australia’s international health emergency response

Alexander Rosewell, Paul Effler, Chaturangi Yapa, Barbara Telfer, Jennie Musto and Raina MacIntyre

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 258-259

Editorials

Zika preparedness in Australia

Chris Baggoley, Katrina Knope, Anna Colwell and Jenny Firman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 249-250

Editorials

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Australia and our region

James M Trauer and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 251-253 Free

Research

English as a second language and outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: results from the CONCORDANCE registry

Craig P Juergens, Bilyana Dabin, John K French, Leonard Kritharides, Karice Hyun, Jens Kilian, Derek PB Chew and David Brieger

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (6): 239 Free

Reflections / Book/media/app

A good nanny makes a difference

Jackie M Street

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 128

Perspectives

Improving health literacy in refugee populations

Elisha Riggs, Jane Yelland, Philippa Duell-Piening and Stephanie J Brown

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 9-10 Free

Reflections

Empowering clinicians to address the global challenge of trauma: an example from Myanmar

Georgina A Phillips

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 414-415 Free

Reflections

Upstream or downstream?

Victoria C Smith

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 412-413 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Photobacterium damselae and Vibrio harveyi hand infection from marine exposure

Ayesha Akram, Robert P Stevens and Pamela Konecny

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 224-225 Free

Letters

Ethical challenges for doctors working in immigration detention

Peter Young

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (4): 172

Clinical focus

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians position statement on refugee and asylum seeker health

Georgia A Paxton, Sarah Cherian and Karen J Zwi

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (4): 176-177 Free

Short reports

Perspectives from the field: Ebola response in Sierra Leone

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (4): 199

Editorials

The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014

Gillian Triggs

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (11): 553-555 Free

Editorials

Let the children go — advocacy for children in detention by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Nicholas J Talley and Karen J Zwi

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (11): 555-557 Free

Perspectives

Call for Australia's ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture

John-Paul Sanggaran and Deborah Zion

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (11): 561-562 Free

Supplement

Talking About The Smokes: a large-scale, community-based participatory research project

Sophia Couzos, Anna K Nicholson, Jennifer M Hunt, Maureen E Davey, Josephine K May, Pele T Bennet, Darren W Westphal and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S13-S19 Free

World No Tobacco Day reminds us of the desolating effects of smoking on health

Stephen Leeder

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (9): 455 Free