2013
2013 NEW JOURNAL ARTICLES
The Lancet online 2013
Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework
by K. Stenberg et al.
Go to project page.
Nature Climate Change 2013
Uncertainty in temperature projections reduced using carbon cycle and climate observations
By R. Bodman et al.
Go to project page.
2013 RESEARCH DATA CENTRE STUDIES
John Houghton (VISES) and Neil Beagrie (Charles Beagrie Ltd) recently completed a series of studies exploring the value and impact of research data curation and sharing. The studies cover the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS), the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), and the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC).
Economic Impact Evaluation
of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) (2013)
The Value and Impact of the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) (2013)
The Value and Impact of the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) (2013)
Primary re-use of ADS data
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2013 NCCARF PROJECT REPORT
Valuing Adaptation Under Rapid Change: Final Report
By Roger Jones, Celeste Young, John Handmer, Adriana Keating,
Gayathri Mekala and Peter Sheehan
(NCCARF, RMIT University and Victoria University, 2013)
Project poster: The scientific origins of the gradualist adaptation narrative and how to move beyond it
Project poster: Adaptation and innovation: reframing adaptation implementation
Project poster handout: Adaptation and innovation: reframing adaptation implementation
Project workshop report: Beyond the Mean
Guidance notes for reading the IPCC summary for policymakers
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2013 REPORT TO MEDICINES AUSTRALIA
The Impact of Further PBS Reforms, VISES report to Medicines Australia, was released on 20 May 2013.
The report's author, Dr Kim Sweeny said, 'The report demonstrates that PBS reforms are working and will deliver as much as $18 billion in savings'.
Read more at http://medicinesaustralia.com.au/.
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2014
2014 VISES RESEARCH IMPACT
VISES joint modelling work on child and maternal health with WHO, published in The Lancet (Stenberg et al. 2014) played a role in the recent establishment of a multi-billion dollar Global Financing Facility (GFF) by the UN, USAID and the governments of Norway and Canada (see press release). Commitments to the GFF include Norway ($600m) and Canada ($200m) with an expected total of $4 billion.
The article reported on the proposal of a Global Investment Framework for Women's and Children's Health which is quoted in the GFF Concept Note (see pp. 7, 13, 14, and Annexes 3 and 4). Peter Sheehan participated in the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health which adapted our modelling work to reach its conclusions. VISES was responsible for modelling the ‘benefits’ and the financial evaluation.
2014 VISES REPORT
The Academic Performance of First Year Students at Victoria University by Entry Score and SES, 2009-2013
This report to the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University was released this year.
By G. Messinis & P. Sheehan 2014.
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2014 NEW VISES PROJECTS
Mapping and Understanding Bushfire and Natural Hazard Vulnerability and Risk at the Institutional Scale 2014-2017
Project funded by the Bushfire CRC
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Assessing the Economic Value of Green Infrastructure 2014-2015
Project funded by City of Melbourne.
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Treatment of Mental Health 2015
Funded by Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and Mitchell Institute
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2014 LATEST JOURNAL ARTICLES
Nature Climate Change 2014
China’s response to the air pollution shock
by P. Sheehan et al.
The Lancet 2014
Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework
By K. Stenberg et al.
The Economic Record 2014
Equity markets and economic development: does the primary market matter?
By Andriansyah and G. Messinis
China Agricultural Economic Review 2014
The demand for credit, credit rationing and the role of microfinance: Evidence from poor rural counties of China
by E. Cheng and A. Ahmed
2014 CSES BECOMES AN INSTITUTE
The transition of the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) to a University Institute was recently approved by Victoria University Council.
The new Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies (VISES) is led by former Director of CSES Professor Bruce Rasmussen, and incorporates the Centre for Policy Studies (CoPS). CoPS will continue to operate in a semi-autonomous manner, led by Professor James Giesecke.
Our vision is to focus on the study of the fundamental economic, social and technological changes that are recasting the global economy, and to develop effective policy responses to them. As a world leader in computable general equilibrium modelling, CoPS will help to give effect to these ambitions.
2014 NEW ACIAR PROJECT
VISES has been awarded funding of more than $900,000 over three years by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) for a project titled 'Enabling Agricultural Policies for Benefitting Smallholders in Dairy, Citrus and Mango Industries of Pakistan'. Go to project page.
Project team
2015
2015 LAUNCH OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
On 12 November 2015, VISES launched the Green Infrastructure Economic Framework report at a breakfast function hosted by the VU Chancellor George Pappas.
The purpose of the framework is to help local government value the benefits of green infrastructure, especially for adapting to climate change.
This framework contributes to the project Assessing the Economic Value of Green Infrastructure. It was led by the City of Melbourne, with partner councils from the cities of Banyule, Kingston and Moonee Valley, and supported by funding from the Victorian Government.
View project page and download reports.
Prof. Roger Jones at breakfast launch of Green Infrastructure Economic Framework report, Melbourne, November 2015.
2015 VISIT TO BRAZIL
In December 2015, Prof. Bruce Rasmussen was invited to Brazil to participate in an event on healthcare cooperation organized by the Brazil-US Business Council in Brazilia. He presented findings from research he had done titled ‘Economic Costs of Absenteeism, Presenteeism and Early Retirement Due to Ill Health: A Focus on Brazil’ at the Conference on the Impact of Health and Productivity (Brazilia, 8 December 2015).
He also met with various stakeholders in the health care sector and government officials including the Minister for Health, Mr Marcelo Castro OR Mr Alberto Beltrame, Secretary, Ministry of Health, Brazil.
Download presentation.
Prof. Bruce Rasmussen presenting at Conference, Brazilia, December 2015.
2015 VISES REPORT
The Academic Performance of First Year Students at Victoria University by Entry Score and SES, 2009-2013
This report to the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University was released this year.
By G. Messinis & P. Sheehan 2015.
2015-2016 VISES/UNFPA PROJECT
Investment in Improving Health, Education and other Outcomes for Adolescents
VISES was granted funding of US$185,658 for this project which documents the return to interventions to improve the welfare of adolescents in 74 developing countries around the world. Funding was granted by the United Nations Population Fund that works to ensure universal access to reproductive health, including family planning and sexual health to all couples and individuals.
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2016
2016 WHO/VISES HEALTH RESEARCH PRESENTED IN WASHINGTON DC WHO/World Bank
The VISES team in conjunction with WHO produced the first global estimate of potential returns on investing in treatment programs for depression and anxiety. Results were published in Lancet Psychiatry ( Chishom et al. 2016). The research was also presented and discussed at a workshop in Washington DC in conjunction with the World Bank and WHO meeting Out of the Shadows: Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority, on 13-14 April 2016. This resulted in a press release and extensive media coverage:
WHO & World Bank
New York Times
The Guardian
USA Today
NPR Morning Edition
CNN
Newsweek
Voice of America
Reuters
AllAfrica (UN News)
AllAfrica
CBC.com (Canada)
2016 VISES HEALTH RESEARCH REPORT LAUNCHED BY RANZCP A VISES report The Economic Cost of Serious Mental Illness and Comorbidities in Australia and New Zealand, was published and launched by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Funded by RANZCP and the Mitchell Institute.
RANZCP media release
The Age
Sydney Morning Herald
VISES ADJUNCT PROFESSOR ANNOUNCED 2016 ACT SENIOR AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR
Professor Greg Tegart, VISES Adjunct Professor is a leading advocate for technology that improves the quality of life of aged and disabled people. Read more.
2016 WHO/VISES HEALTH RESEARCH PRESENTED IN WASHINGTON DC
US Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Rasmussen was invited by the USCC to present a VISES report they published Health and the Economy: The Impact of Wellness on Workforce Productivity in Global Markets, at their Global Initiative on Health and Economy meeting in Washington DC on 15 April 2016. The USCC media release stated the report was "the first of its kind to examine productivity losses that arise from absenteeism, presenteeism and early retirement".
2015-16 LATEST JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CHAPTER
Lancet Psychiatry 2016
Scaling-up treatment of depression and anxiety: A global return on investment analysis
by D. Chisholm et al.
The Lancet 2016
Reductions in stillbirths: More than a triple return on investment
By P. ten Hoope-Bender, K. Stenberg and K. Sweeny.
DCP3 2016 book chapter
Returns on investment in the continuum of care for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health
By K.Stenberg, H. Axelson, P. Sheehan, P. I. Anderson, A,M, Gülmezoglu, M. Temmerman, E. Mason, H. Friedman, Z.A. Bhutta, J.E. Lawn, K. Sweeny, J. Tulloch, P. Hansen, M. Chopra, A. Gupta, J. Vogel, M. Ostergren, B. Rasmussen, et al.
Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition (DCP3) World Bank.
Economic Modelling 2015
Revisiting sulfur Kuznets curves with endogenous breaks modeling: Substantial evidence of inverted-Us/Vs for individual OECD countries’
by B. Liddle and G. Messinis
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2016 VISES PROJECTS
Mapping and Understanding Bushfire and Natural Hazard Vulnerability and Risk at the Institutional Scale 2017-2017
Funded by the Bushfire CRC.
New reports 2016:
Mapping and Understanding Bushfire and Natural Hazard Vulnerability and Risks at the Institutional Scale, Annual Project Report 2015–2016
I nstitutional Maps of Risk Ownership for Strategic Decision Making
Understanding Values at Risk And Risk Ownership: Workshop Synthesis Report
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The Economic Benefits of Cultural Diversity 2016
VISES was granted funding of $97,000 by the Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria). Primary research outcomes for the project are to identify benefits and costs of cultural diversity and develop a framework for future monitoring.
1.1. To identify and present evidence of the material economic benefits that cultural diversity brings to the state;
1.2. To identify and present evidence of the costs associated with poor or degraded social cohesion to Victorian communities.
2. Development of a framework and methodology for longitudinal monitoring, analysis and reporting.
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Measurement Framework for Economic and Social Costs of NCDs 2015
Funded by WHO and Mitchell Institute
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2017
2017 VISES/UNFPA HEALTH RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN THE LANCET AND PRESENTED IN WASHINGTON DC
A VISES team in conjunction with UNFPA published research in The Lancet finding that investing in adolescent health and education could bring 10-fold economic benefit. This generation of young people can transform all our futures. There is no more pressing task in global health than ensuring they have the resources to do so. There are 1.8 billion adolescents in the world today – the largest generation of adolescents in the world’s history. Investments in adolescent health and wellbeing will not only transform the lives of girls and boys around the world, but will also generate high economic returns, especially in low income countries. Read the new analysis in The Lancet, published 20 April 2017.
On 20 April 2017, the World Bank discussed adolescents as part of their flagship event in Washington DC – details here. Copies of the Lancet Adolescent Health Commission and the investment case paper were available at the event. Lancet media release.
2017 VISES LATEST JOURNAL ARTICLE
The Lancet
Building the foundations for sustainable development: A case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents
by P. Sheehan, K. Sweeny, B. Rasmussen et al. 2017.
2017 FINAL REPORT TO NECTAR
The report Estimating the Value and Impact of Nectar Virtual Laboratories, has been finalised and published, for the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources project (Nectar). It studied three Nectar-supported virtual laboratories across different disciplines.
Nectar Virtual Labs investment has huge economic and research impact: new report
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OTHER 2016-17 VISES PROJECTS
Mapping and Understanding Bushfire and Natural Hazard Vulnerability and Risk at the Institutional Scale
Funded by the Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC.
2017 VISES PROJECTS
Building Strength and Capability Through Diversity 2017-2019
Funded by the Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC.
Go to project page.
Scoping Study: Costs of Climate Change Impacts on the Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing 2018
Funded by the Victoria Department of Health and Human Services.
Go to project page.
Regional and Sectoral Vulnerability Assessment for Victoria Phase I 2017
Funded by the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
Go to project page.
Developing Robust Indicators for Valuing Laneway Greening 2017
Funded by the City of Melbourne.
Go to project page.
Survey on Human Resources per Household: Timor-Leste 2017
Funded by the Government of Timor Leste.
Go to project page.
Provision of Training for Understanding and Applying Risk Ownership to Natural Hazard Risk 2017
Funded by the Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC.
Go to project page.
Building Strength and Capability Through Diversity 2017-2019
Funded by the Bushfire Natural Hazard CRC
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Investment Framework Case Study: Estimating the Impacts and Opportunity Costs of Social Sector Investments for Adolescents (10–19 years) in Burundi 2019
Funded by UNFPA Burundi
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Scoping Study: Costs of Climate Change Impacts on the Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing 2017
Funded by Dept of Health and Human Services (Vic)
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Regional and Sectoral Vulnerability Assessment for Victoria Phase I 2017
Funded by Dept of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Vic)
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Developing Robust Indicators for Valuing Laneway Greening 2017
Funded by City of Melbourne
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Survey on Human Resources per Household: Timor-Leste 2017
Funded by Government of Timor Leste
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2017 JOURNAL ARTICLE
The Lancet 2017
A VISES team in conjunction with UNFPA published research, in The Lancet, that found investing in adolescent health and education could bring 10-fold economic benefit. This investment will not only transform the lives of girls and boys around the world, but will also generate high economic returns, especially in low income countries.
Building the foundations for sustainable development: A case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents
By P. Sheehan, K. Sweeny, B. Rasmussen et al. 2017.
Read the analysis in The Lancet.
Building Strength and Capability Through Diversity 2017-2019
Funded by the Bushfire Natural Hazard CRC
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Investment Framework Case Study: Estimating the Impacts and Opportunity Costs of Social Sector Investments for Adolescents (10–19 years) in Burundi 2019
Funded by UNFPA Burundi
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A Case for National Investment in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in India 2018
Funded by UNFPA
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Scoping Study: Costs of Climate Change Impacts on the Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing 2017
Funded by Dept of Health and Human Services (Vic)
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Regional and Sectoral Vulnerability Assessment for Victoria Phase I 2017
Funded by Dept of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Vic)
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Developing Robust Indicators for Valuing Laneway Greening 2017
Funded by City of Melbourne
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Survey on Human Resources per Household: Timor-Leste 2017
Funded by Government of Timor Leste
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2018
A Case for National Investment in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in India 2018
Funded by UNFPA
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2018 JOURNAL ARTICLES Nature 2018
Adolescence and the next generation
By G. Patton et al.
The Lancet 2018
Investing in non-communicable diseases: An estimation of the return on investment for prevention and treatment services
By M.Y. Bertram, K. Sweeny, J.A. Lauer, D. Chisholm, P. Sheehan, B. Rasmussen, S,R, et al.
2019
UNFPA project papers published in special issue of Journal of Adolescent Health 2019
Employment and productivity benefits of enhanced educational outcomes: a preliminary modelling approach
By P. Sheehan and H. Shi
Evaluating the employment benefits of education and targeted interventions to reduce child marriage
By B. Rasmussen, N. Maharaj, P. Sheehan, and H. Friedman
A health-system based investment case for adolescent health
By K. Sweeny, H. Friedman, P. Sheehan, M. Fridman and H. Shi
Better secondary schooling outcomes for adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: projections of cost-effective approaches
By A. Wils, P. Sheehan and H. Shi
Reduced road traffic injuries for young people: a preliminary investment analysis
By J. Symons, E. Howard, K. Sweeny, M. Kumnick, P. Sheehan
This Special Issue was tabled by the UNFPA in mid July 2019 at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, with copies being distributed to Ministers and others. This Forum is the UN's central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.
VISES Previous project
Cost of Eliminating Child Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence 2019-20
Funded by UNFPA
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Understanding Experiences and Recovery Capabilities of Diverse Communities in Gippsland Post 2019-20
Funded by Victoria University
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Cost Benefit Analysis of Health Interventions to Improve Labour Productivity in China 2019-20
Funded by US Chamber of Commerce
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Reimagining the Workforce: Building Smart, Sustainable, Safe Public Transport 2019-20
Funded by Dept of Transport (Vic) and Rail Manufacturing CRC
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WorkWell Evaluation: Measuring Cost Effectiveness and Return on Investment of the WorkWell Program 2019-20
Funded by WorkSafe Victoria
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ACIAR Monograph 207: Enabling Policies for Developing Smallholder Agriculture in Pakistan 2019
Funded by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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2020
VISES Projects China’s Development Finance, Growth Models and Sustainable Development 2020-24
Funded by Ford Foundation
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Development of an Investment Case for Adolescent Wellbeing 2023-24
Funded by PMNCH
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2020 USCC launches VISES report 2020
Increasing Social and Economic Benefits Globally Rates of Return on Health Investments
The US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Initiative on Health and the Economy (GIHE) in Washington DC released the report at the 2020 Annual Concordia Summit (21-25 September 2020), which found that countries would on average realize a return of $20 in increased GDP growth for every $1 invested in cardiovascular disease and diabetes interventions.
See USCC press release.
See newsGP article.
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VISES research in UNFPA SWOP 2020
VISES research contributed to a chapter on child marriage in the recently released UNFPA publication.
State of the World Population Report 2020: Against my Will.
Development of the Investment Case to Reduce Road Traffic Injuries among Adolescents 2020-21
Funded by FIA Foundation
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Syria Education and Development Investment Case [SEDIC] Technical Note: Economic, social and psychological costs and risks resulting from ‘not-investing in education systems in the Syrian Arab Republic 2020-21
Funded by UNICEF Syria
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Investment Case Study on HPV Vaccination in Viet Nam 2020-21
Funded by UNFPA Viet Nam
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Investing in Women’s Sight: Benefits across Generations 2020-23
Funded by Fred Hollows Foundation
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2021
VU funded report 2021
Researchers at VISES have published a report on post-bushfire recovery in the Gippsland fires of 2019/2020.
Growing the Seeds: Recovery, Strength and Capability in Gippsland Communities
See news in The Conversation.
3 BNHCRC final reports released
Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC publishes 3 VISES reports.
Diversity and Inclusion: Building Strength and Capability: Final Report.
Building Inclusive Partnerships with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities.
Young People and the Emergency Services: Working Towards Inclusive Partnerships.
News coverage on VISES/UNFPA project on cost of eliminating child marriage
Targeted interventions can improve world's most vulnerable
Effect of COVID-19 on eliminating child marriage
Millions more cases of violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, unintended pregnancy expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHO Investment Case 2.0: Technical Report 2021-2022
Funded by WHO
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2021 Valuing vaccines report 2021
VISES participated in the research on ensuring access to vaccines in Australia for Shawview Consulting.The report was released in February 2022.
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Journal article in Journal of Global Health Reports 2021
Evaluating interventions to reduce child marriage in India
By B. Rasmussen, N. Maharaj, A. Karan, J. Symons, S. Selvaraj, R. Kumar, M. Kumnick and P. Sheehan
Funding for VEPC
The Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has extended funding for VEPC for 2021-2022.
2022
2022 WHO investment case report released
VISES was commissioned by the WHO to provide an investment case for increasing WHO funds. The final report was released in May 2022. Press release.
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FIA Foundation report launched
VISES report on youth road accidents was launched in London in June 2022. Press release. View details
Report for UNICEF Syria
Research on the cost of not investing in adolescents' education in Syria was released on 18 October 2022. View details
2023
2019-2023 VISES JOURNAL ARTICLES
Identifying and Attributing Regime Shifts in Australian Fire Climates.
By R. Jones and J. Ricketts 2023
Four powerful reasons for increasing investment in adolescents and their wellbeing
By D.A. Ross, H.S. Friedman, D, Welch, N.S. Kaoma, R. Bhushan and B. Rasmussen 2022
Regime changes in atmospheric moisture under climate change
By R.N. Jones and J.H. Ricketts 2022
Evaluating interventions to reduce child marriage in India
By B. Rasmussen, N. Maharaj, A. Karan, J. Symons,S. Selvaraj, R. Kumar, M. Kumnick, and P. Sheehan, P. 2021
The role of the Basic Public Health Service program in the control of hypertension in China: Results from a cross-sectional health service interview survey
By J. Qin, Y. Zhang, M. Fridman, K. Sweeny, L. Zhang, C. Lin, and L. Mao 2021
New project commissioned by PMNCH
VISES was commissioned by the PMNCH to provide an investment case for investing in adolescent wellbeing.
The executive summary was presented at the Global Forum for Adolescents held on 11–12 October 2023. The full report will be published by the WHO and presented at the World Health Assembly in May 2024. View details.
GPA webinar on VISES Syria report
Bruce Rasmussen presents Syria report findings at Global Partnership for Education webinar (Washington DC,June 2023). View project details.
Final UNFPA Viet Nam report launched
UNFPA in Vietnam launched a report on investing in HPV vaccination for women and girls in Viet Nam. View details.
New project commissioned by WHO EMRO
VISES was commissioned by the Eastern Mediterraneand WHO office to developing an investment case for polio transition in the region. View details.
2024
2024 Report for PMNCH launched at WHA
VISES full report for PMNCH on an investment case for investing in adolescent wellbeing was published by the WHO and launched at the WHO 77th World Health Assembly in May 2024.
Neelam Maharaj
We are very sad to let all our colleagues and friends know that Neelam Maharaj, senior researcher at VISES, died on 12 February 2024. While we have known for some time that she was seriously ill, her death came as a shock to us all. She had been working hard on our ongoing project on adolescent well-being globally up until last week, being undertaken for WHO and the Program for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health.
Neelam was a remarkable woman, showing immense courage through her life and final illness. She displayed a great ability to cover a wide range of academic literature and to write about it elegantly, in part reflecting the fact that she had also published a distinguished novel. She will be sorely missed by many, as a mother, grandmother, colleague and friend.
New project for IARC
The International Agency for Research on Cancer commissioned VISES to develop an investment case for the IARC itself.
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New project for UNFPA and Burnet Institute
The UNFPA commissioned the Burnet Institute and VISES to estimate the costs of reducing child marriage in Bangladesh and Bihar.
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2025
Result of PMNCH investment case for investing in adolescents prepared for publication in Health Policy and Planning
Four articles have been submitted to Health Policy and Planning
(Oxford University Press) reporting the results of the PMNCH project on investing in adolescent health.
PMNCH adolescent well-being case studies finalised
Case studies on investment in adolescents in India, Colombia and South Africa were finalised after presentation of results in New Delhi, Bogotá and Johannesburg in 2024.
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