HOT NORTH promotes a number of activities that promote the improvement of health outcomes across the tropical north of Australia. The first three years of funding has provided for the establishment of 97 pilot/translation projects and funded individual fellowships, scholarships, and Indigenous Development and Training Awards for researchers and health professionals. The funded researchers have formed collaborations…
Childhood Acute Meningoencephalitis in Timor-Leste: epidemiology, aetiology and clinical outcomes
This is a prospective study of the aetiology and epidemiology of childhood Acute Meningoencephalitis (AME) ...
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Community-guided and evidence-based strategies to reduce the burden of Group A Streptococcus in Australian Indigenous communities
The overall objective of our study is to provide community-guided and evidence-based recommendations to public ...
Read MoreDeveloping phylodynamic methods and tools for bacterial pathogens in Far North Queensland
Transmission of drug-resistant infectious diseases presents a significant threat for Northern Australia, particularly through the ...
Read MoreSocial factors contributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in tropical northern Australia – a spatial epidemiology collaboration
An increasingly growing evidence-base of the burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has uncovered inequality that ...
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Cellulitis Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Study in the Torres (COAST)
This research is studying skin infections (which doctors call cellulitis) in the Torres Straits. Patients ...
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Rapid Echocardiography for Congenital And Rheumatic heart Disease – Investigating a New Approach (RECARDINA)
The RECARDINA pilot project will evaluate two possible approaches to an innovative screening protocol for ...
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