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…
Development of methods to rapidly track pathogen and antibiotic resistance profiles from skin sores in Northern Australia
Indigenous Australian children suffer the highest rates of impetigo (skin sores) in the world, which ...
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Evaluation of screening protocol for RHD detection
Rheumatic heart disease is common in school-aged children in Indigenous communities in Northern Australia and ...
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Effect of regularly dosed paracetamol on renal function in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria (PACKNOW Study)
The monkey parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi, is now the commonest cause of human malaria in Malaysia. ...
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Can mosquito excreta be used to enhance detection of Australian vector-borne diseases?
Testing for presence of arboviruses usually involves capturing wild mosquitoes and complicated laboratory analyses. These ...
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CASSETTE – Clindamycin Adjunctive therapy for Severe Staphylococcus aurEus TreaTment Evaluation
Golden staph infections can be incredibly severe and about 20% of those with invasive or ...
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Enhanced screening and preventive therapy for TB in Daru, South Fly District, Papua New Guinea
Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease but remains the leading infectious disease killer in the ...
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