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openSuSE Aeon on VMWare Workstation 18 Pro
openSuSE Aeon is a low-maintenance, minimal desktop system based on an ‘immutable’ version (MicroOS) of openSuSE. Aeon and MicroOS are ‘atomic rolling releases’ which…
David Fong Sep 17, 2025
Use of mental health treatment plans and disadvantage

Is there a disparity between Mental Health Treatment Plan services and mental health need? Are Mental Health Treatment Plans - and the billing of them - a good indicator of…

Dr David Fong, Dr Rowena Ryan, Dr Bronwyn Wells, Dr Franziska Levin, Dr Lihini Samarawickrama, Dr Simon Wilding, cohealth Kensington medical team May 29, 2025
Calculating the combined impact of new GP Chronic Condition Management Plan service items and universal bulk-billing

Using an online dashboard calculator to estimate the combined impact of the universal bulk-billing incentives and new chronic condition management plans on practice revenue

May 27, 2025
Calculating the practice benefit of universal bulk-billing - an updated model

Does the proposed universal bulk-billing incentive make financial sense for individual general practices? - an updated model

Mar 3, 2025
Calculating the practice benefit of universal bulk-billing

Does the proposed universal bulk-billing incentive make financial sense for individual general practices?

Feb 28, 2025
Windows 11 on Chromebook (Linux 'Crostini' container)
My Chromebook, an Asus CX9 with i5-1135G7 CPU and 16GB of memory, is extremely versatile. It can operate Android apps which are not available for Linux e.g. Pleco (a Chinese…
David Fong May 23, 2024
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Projects

Holo Child Development Plan (2024-2028) for Spur Afrika Kenya

A review of the needs and a series of recommendations to meet the goals of the child development program established in 2021 by Spur Afrika in Holo, Western Kenya. Written for the Global Development…

The role of community-based service organisations in the humanitarian response to infectious disease crises in vulnerable populations of sub-Saharan Africa

Community-based organisations can assist in providing flexible, localised and adaptive responses to epidemic crises, strengthening community resilience

COVID vaccination effectiveness

Is Astra-Zeneca doses administered (at least a single dose) - as a proportion of all COVID vaccination administered - related to a national reduction in COVID-19 cases and death?

Results marked ‘non-urgent discussion’ - rate of notification without a result notification procedure (2015/2017)

Without any procedure to ‘recall’ patients who have a result marked ‘non-urgent discussion’, how many results are notified over the following weeks?

Relationship between morbidity potentially attributable to air pollution and gender in Kibera, Kenya.

The relationship between gender and symptoms and conditions potentially aggravated by air pollution is explored amongst school-age children seen during a screening clinic in Kibera, an informal…

Pharmacists in General Practice

Pharmacists in general practice are expected to improve medication efficacy and reduce medication complications and adverse effects. In order for pharmacists in practice to be sustainable, practice…

Spur Afrika Mobile Clinics 2020

Spur Afrika mobile clinics were held in January 2020, seeing children from several schools in Kibera, Kenya, and children sponsored by the Spur Afrika Elimsha program. Health activities included…

Cervical screening and intensive telephone-based case-finding

Identifying eligible women who either have no recorded cervical screening or whose last recorded screening is very overdue (most recent result 45 months or older ‘Pap’ smear) for targeted…
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Publications

Efficacy of high dose Vitamin D supplementation in improving serum 25(OH)D among migrant and non migrant population: a retrospective study

BMC Health Services Research vol. 16, 579

Following 50000 IU vitamin D3 for 12 months mean serum 25(OH)D increase was highest among those whose baseline serum 25(OH)D was lower. Migrants especially dark-skinned are at a high risk for vitamin D deficiency in Australia. High dose vitamin D3 50000 IU (cholecalciferol) is effective in achieving sufficient serum 25(OH)D among these populations who tend to have lower baseline serum 25(OH)D.

2016
Usha Gowda, Thilanga Ruwanpathirana, David Fong, Ambika Kaur, Andre M.N. Renzaho

Vitamin D testing patterns among general practitioners in a major Victorian primary health care service

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 144-147

This study examined 25(OH)D testing patterns and frequency among general practitioners in a major community health service. dvancing age, being female and being a migrant were associated with an increased likelihood of vitamin D testing. Implications: Development of evidence-based policies and guidelines are needed to manage over-testing of vitamin D in Australia. Studies that include health services from different areas are required to understand vitamin D testing patterns among the general practitioners.

2015
Usha Gowda, Ben J. Smith, Anita E. Wluka, David Fong, Ambika Kaur, Andre M.N. Renzaho

Assessment of vitamin D and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in an adult migrant population: an audit of patient records at a Community Health Centre in Kensington, Melbourne, Australia

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders vol. 14, Article number: 157

Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health problem associated with increased risk of cardio-metabolic diseases and osteoarthritis. Migrants with dark skin settled in temperate climates are at greater risk of both vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to identify the risk of vitamin D deficiency and associations with cardiovascular disease in a migrant population in Australia.

2014
Thilanga Ruwanpathirana, Christopher M Reid, Alice J Owen, David Fong, Usha Gowda, Andre M N Renzaho

Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease among African migrant and refugee adults in Melbourne

Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 397-403

Migration to industrialised countries poses a “double whammy” for type 2 diabetes among sub-Saharan African migrant and refugee adults. This population group has been found to be at an increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, which may be further aggravated by inadequate vitamin D status. Thus, this study aimed to describe the demographics of vitamin D insufficiency, obesity, and risk factors for type 2 diabetes among sub-Saharan African migrants and refugees aged 20 years or older living in Melbourne, Australia (n=49).

2011
Andre Renzaho, Caryl Nowson, Ambi Kaur, Jennifer A Halliday, David Fong, Janina DeSilva

Usage of complementary medicine among children

Australian Family Physician vol. 31, issue 4, pp. 388-391

Determining the prevalence of and parental attitudes toward the usage of complementary medicine among the paediatric population of a large regional public hospital in Victoria. Relationships between complementary medicine usage and sociological or medical data of the surveyed families are explored.

2002
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Biography

David Fong

David Fong

Lead doctor, Kensington site, coHealth

coHealth community health service

David Fong is a general practitioner (family medicine doctor) working at coHealth, Kensington site. He volunteers with Spur Afrika (child development program) in Kibera, Kenya, and Elim and Agape childrens’ home (HIV and disability) in Xi’an, China.

Interests

  • development work
  • teaching
  • monitoring and evaluation

Education

  • Data, Economics and Development Policy, 2019
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MITx)
  • Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practice, 2001
    Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
  • Diploma of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1999
    Royal Australia & New Zealand College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (RANZCOG)
  • MBBS, 1994
    University of Melbourne

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12 Gower Street, Kensington, Victoria, 3031

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