| Developmental and Mental Health | To manage development, and the nervous system, from birth to senescence | This focus area will advance understanding and management of: - Developmental disabilities
- Early childhood intervention
- Mental and behavioural disorders
- Nervous system disorders
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| Lifestyle and Environment | To manage non-communicable diseases for long and healthy life | This focus area will advance:- Health promotion
- Illness prevention
- Management of non-communicable diseases
- Understanding and management of risk factors at individual and community level
- Environmental determinants of disease
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| Trauma, emergency and Rehabilitation | To optimise emergency care, trauma treatment, post-operative care, and rehabilitation | This focus area will advance:- On-scene treatment and transport
- Forensic aspects of trauma management
- Trauma management
- Rehabilitation and reintegration into society
- Public health aspects of trauma
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| Infectious diseases | To generate a greater understanding of HiV and Tb to optimise quality of life for immune-compromised patients | This focus area will advance:- Prevention of infectious diseases
- Understanding the molecular basis of diseases
- Drug discovery and optimising drug treatment (adherence)
- Forensic challenges for HIV and TB infected patients
- Nursing care for HIV and TB patients
- Surgery involving patients with HIV and TB
- Public health aspects of HIV and TB patients
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| Applied Health Care (and Health Systems) | To inform policy and shape and strengthening systems | This focus area will advance:- Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the DoH ten-point plan
- Reengineering of primary health care
- Implementation of NHI
- Skills mix and task-shifting
- Human resources for health
- Clinical health provision for decentralised health care
- Traditional health care (AKS)
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| Health Sciences Education | To promote excellence in teaching and learning and implement best practice in health sciences education and training | This focus area will advance:- Academic development and support of students within the Health Sciences
- Capacity development of staff in health sciences related pedagogy
- The use of technology in teaching and learning
- Competency-based curricula
- Cognitive-based aspects of clinical reasoning
- Community/rural based service learning for social justice
- Medical terminology in a multilingual society
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