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…
Epidemiology and economic burden of antimicrobial resistance in northern Australia
This study looks at the epidemiology and economic burden of antimicrobial resistance in northern Australia. ...
Read MoreStrengthening health systems to improve tuberculosis contact screening and management in Timika, Indonesia
This doctoral thesis is a health system strengthening project being conducted in Papua province, Indonesia, ...
Read MoreThe epidemiology of influenza in northern Australia
This project will examine the epidemiology of influenza in northern Australia. As influenza is a ...
Read MoreAntimicrobial resistance in remote Australia
More and more bacteria are becoming resistant (antimicrobial resistance) to the antibiotics that doctors and ...
Read MorePrevalence of chronic moist cough in Kimberley Aboriginal children
Respiratory illnesses account for 8% of the health-gap in mortality between Aboriginal and other Australians ...
Read MoreA prospective study of the aetiology, associations, clinical features and outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in children and adults in tropical Australia
Pneumonia is common in Australia and often requires admission to hospital. The germs that causes ...
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