News - Menzies

Tuberculosis rates fall in the Top End

Date

August 26, 2021 - 08:30am

The rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the Northern Territory (NT) is decreasing. However it is still the highest in Australia, according to a collaborative study between the Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control, Menzies School of Health Research and the Doherty Institute.
History of tuberculosis control in Australia

Date

April 07, 2020 - 15:35pm

This case study focuses on the role played by NHMRC and Australian governments in the virtual eradication of tuberculosis in Australia during the 20th century.
Management of Tuberculosis: a guide for clinicians

Date

October 03, 2019 - 15:50pm

The TB Forum has published "Management of Tuberculosis", edited and composed by many of the TB-CRE's key investigators. Including Menzies Associate Professor Anna Ralph
How we can end TB by 2030

Date

October 02, 2019 - 15:00pm

A regional research collaboration with the Menzies School of Health Research has been highly productive in building capacity in PNG and Indonesia,.
Tuberculosis services in PNG in the journal Public Health Action.

Date

September 12, 2019 - 16:15pm

A major output from the Tropical Disease Research Regional Collaborative Initiative between Menzies School of Health Research and the Burnet Institute was launched last week at the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Annual Medical Symposium in Port Moresby. A series of papers have been published by PNG health workers who provide tuberculosis services in PNG in a special supplement in the journal Public Health Action.
Supporting TB health systems

Date

August 22, 2019 - 08:42am

This research was conducted as part of several initiatives led by a Menzies-Burnet regional consortium in partnership with institutions in Indonesia and PNG.
PNG-Aust researchers to combine under new grant program

Date

August 07, 2018 - 23:00pm

Australian and Papua New Guinean research groups will work in partnership to address malaria, tuberculosis and other health security threats, under a new grants program funded by the Australian government.
Australian support for eliminating malaria and health research in the Indo-Pacific

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July 02, 2018 - 10:00am

Australia is playing a leading role in supporting malaria elimination efforts, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. The Government's Stronger Systems for Health Security program is supporting practical, relevant research into fundamental health security challenges.
Tuberculosis elimination course for Indonesian health workers

Date

March 14, 2018 - 16:45pm

Menzies is collaborating with the Burnet Institute to deliver training in the prevention and eradication of tuberculosis (TB) to 25 visiting Indonesian health professionals.
Tuberculosis, Why haven’t we eliminated TB already?

Date

July 03, 2017 - 07:00am

Tuberculosis - Medical Republic Why haven’t we eliminated TB already?
$2m grant to combat drug resistant malaria and tuberculosis

Date

October 07, 2016 - 16:15pm

A $2m research grant to work towards the prevention, control and elimination of malaria and tuberculosis (TB) in Southeast Asia and the Pacific has been awarded to a consortium led by Menzies School of Health Research, in collaboration with Burnet Institute, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced today.
Tuberculosis remains a worry in Australia despite low disease rates, experts warn

Date

March 24, 2016 - 18:00pm

Health experts have urged people most at risk of tuberculosis to be tested, in order to help keep the killer disease at bay in Australia.
The Conversation: Lung gas holds clue for future tuberculosis treatment

Date

July 06, 2013 - 12:00pm

Australian researchers have uncovered a link between low levels of the gas nitric oxide in the lungs of tuberculosis patients and the body’s ability to fight the deadly disease, opening the door to potential new treatments.
Journal of Infectious Diseases: Impaired Pulmonary Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Date

June 06, 2013 - 13:16pm

Impaired Pulmonary Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Association with Disease Severity and Delayed Mycobacterial Clearance with Treatment.
Disease of the month: tuberculosis

Date

October 03, 2012 - 11:19am

With a history as long as mankind’s, TB lies dormant in one third of our global population.

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