Joshua Thaisen
Job role:
Global Health Journalist
Member type:
Practitioner/Implementer
Researcher
Other
Brief Biography:
Joshua is a global health journalist and documentary photographer who regularly collaborates on communications projects with NGO's providing mental healthcare to vulnerable populations. As a vocal steward for global health equity Joshua focuses his work in low resource settings across South Asia. Studying global health under Dr. Paul Farmer through Harvardx introduced Joshua to the theoretical framework to make valuable contributions to the scaling-up and integration of mental healthcare services with primary healthcare and education. Joshua is currently extending his professional education in development economics through MITx. To learn more please contact joshuathaisen@gmail.com or visit www.thaisen.org
Approach:
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Task sharing
Technology
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
Regions of interest:
Africa
North America
Asia
Oceania
Setting:
Community
School
Primary care
Population:
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Humanitarian and conflict health
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disability
Disorders of interest:
Epilepsy/seizures
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders
All disorders
Country:
Australia
