News - Menzies

Impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on childhood anaemia discovered

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June 19, 2020 - 11:25am

A study investigating the impact of maternal anemia in pregnancy on infant anemia has found it to be a more significant risk factor than being born premature or low birth weight (LBW).
Media release | Impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on childhood anaemia discovered

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June 18, 2020 - 10:00am

A study investigating the impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on infant anaemia has found it to be a more significant risk factor than being born premature or low birth weight (LBW).
Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease

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May 21, 2020 - 13:00pm

The study, Antibiotic use for Australian Aboriginal children in three remote Northern Territory communities, was recently published in the journal PLOS
Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease

Date

May 21, 2020 - 09:59am

A study of antibiotic prescription rates for Aboriginal children in remote communities in the Northern Territory (NT) has identified high rates of infections and antibiotic use in these communities.
Lowitja Institute Report | Anaemia Prevention Program, Katherine East

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March 21, 2019 - 11:10am

An Anaemia Prevention Program has been running in three communities serviced by Sunrise Health in East Katherine region in the Northern Territory (NT)
2018 Indigenous Men’s Conference and 2018 Indigenous Women’s Wellbeing Conference in Cairns QLD Australia.

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May 25, 2018 - 20:00pm

The stage is set to accommodate all delegations of the 2018 Indigenous Men’s Conference and 2018 Indigenous Women’s Wellbeing Conference scheduled on the 13th – 15th of June 2018 at the Pullman Cairns International Hotel.
NT communities' anaemia management evaluated

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July 31, 2017 - 12:40pm

Evaluation of anaemia management in three remote Indigenous communities in the Katherine East region, NT Health practitioners in the remote Katherine East region are not sure why anaemia in young children is so common in Indigenous communities. What they...
Scabies and strongyloides: a community snapshot

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August 06, 2012 - 00:00am

Researcher Therese Kearns tests a new treatment for mite and worm infections.
ABC stateline report - beating scabies and strongyloidiasis

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March 26, 2010 - 00:00am

The Menzies School of Health Research is hoping the drug Ivermectin will rid the Echo Island community, east of Darwin, of scabies and the strongyloides worm.

School of Health Research

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