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…
Evaluating the impact of policy change for the prevention of malaria after splenectomy and characterizing the hidden splenic parasite burden in patients undergoing splenectomy in Papua, Indonesia
In this Fellowship, I aim to: 1) evaluate the effectiveness of new policy by following ...
Read MoreCharacterising Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) colonisation in children with a high risk of skin and throat infections
Remote living Indigenous Australian children have the highest recorded rates of skin sores in the ...
Read MoreA Series of Community-Driven Research Capacity-Strengthening Workshops in the Torres Strait
At the Hot North Conference on Thursday Island in July 2018 many participants expressed the ...
Read MoreStarting the SToP: A collaborative recruitment approach.
The burden of skin infections in Aboriginal children living in remote communities is high. Recruiting ...
Read MoreSToP (See, Treat, Prevent) Skin Sores and Scabies Trial – Skin Disease Control in Remote Western Australia
The SToP Trial aims to decrease the burden of skin health in the tropical North, ...
Read MoreDeveloping spirometry and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) reference values for Indigenous Australians: Phase II – adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Lung diseases, the second most common chronic problems, are also major causes of death in ...
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