This month ACCHOs across Aust will be launching the #EveryYarnCounts campaign. This is the first co-designed campaign for #hepC in ACCHOs which aims to prompt people to have a yarn about hep C and encourage people to get tested. For more info visit➡️everyyarncounts.com.au

It's been super interesting to work with Dr Nick Scott and the Burnet Institute modelling team with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
support to develop a framework to assess the impact of Outbreak Response Immunisation
➕case study from 🇵🇬 2014 measles outbreak mdpi.com/2079-9721/12/4… Diseases MDPI

It was a pleasure hosting the Minister for Medical Research Ben Carroll and local members of parliament Nina Taylor MP @Ryanbatchelor and John Berger MP where Director/CEO Prof Brendan Crabb and Burnet researchers were able to showcase some of our exciting projects #HealthEquity

UNICEF Laos & UNFPA Lao PDR launched the study report - 'Pathways to Adolescent Pregnancy in Southeast Asia'. The study was undertaken in 2023 covering Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia & #LaoPDR with the support from UNFPA Asia and the Pacific & Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 in collaboration with the Burnet Institute.

Understanding the underlying factors and pathways leading to adolescent pregnancy in Laos is pivotal for tailored and informed policymaking.

Read the new report: bit.ly/3VPW8W6 with qualitative study by Dr Marie Habito, Dr Elissa Kennedy and A/Prof Peter Azzopardi.

Today is World Health Day. Everyone has the right to basic health services, including clean indoor air. We are advancing actions to improve indoor air quality to reduce the transmission of airborne diseases #WorldHealthDay #globalhealth #HealthForAll #CleanIndoorAir

Study finds low rates of #chlamydia retesting among young women in Australia. 'We worry about reinfection because it is the greatest risk factor for developing complications associated with chlamydia,” Steph Munari told Australian Doctor. Read the paper: doi.org/10.1071/SH23178

Our current study with Burnet Institute Myanmar...
'Young people’s mental health & psychosocial wellbeing in a fragile setting: formative study to strengthen community mental health systems in #Myanmar '
Read about this study here rebuildconsortium.com/projects/young…
Kyu Kyu Than

A systematic review found no evidence probiotics had any effect on pregnancy-related conditions.
The research team analysed data from 29 clinical trials and 7,000 pregnant women. Dr Annie McDougall said there was 'no benefit' to #pregnant women or their babies
bit.ly/3TV7qXx

Reinfection increases the risk of serious outcomes, including in kids.

Given what we now know about COVID's long-term health impacts, schools need to minimise the risk of COVID spreading - for the sake of kids, teachers, their families and the wider community.

Prof Brendan Crabb

Excited to announce Dr Claretta DSouza, an Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering #ElevateSTEM scholar and neuroimmunologist at Burnet Institute as our 2024 Guest of the Chair Fellowship recipient. Claretta will gain vital board observer experience & mentoring.
More here: bit.ly/3vy4gQ7

Papua New Guinea has one of the highest rates of #tuberculosis transmission in the world, and Daru is at the epicentre.

Meet the woman who leads a team of counsellors ensuring patients feel empowered and supported during the course of their treatment.

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The vibrant murals designed by Daru Island's school students now decorate the SWEEP-TB screening truck in PNG — a symbol of community engagement and commitment to #EndTB .
Together, we're painting a brighter future free from #TB ! #WorldTBDay2024

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Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a major challenge & new treatments are urgently needed.

Australia is investing $17 million in the TB Alliance to develop new TB drugs, working with government partners & Burnet Institute to provide these effective treatments to #EndTB in our region

On #WorldTBDay2024 , Prof Prof Brendan Crabb and Results Australia CEO Negaya Chorley penned a piece for The Sunday Telegraph, calling for global action to combat #tuberculosis . Despite being preventable and treatable, it still claims 1.3M lives per year.
burnet.edu.au/knowledge-and-… #EndTB

This on #WorldTBDay24 from Results Australia CEO Negaya Chorley and myself Burnet Institute in today’s The Daily Telegraph. Australia has been doing a lot. But we can do more to help finish the job, it's very doable. There's simply is no better aid investment than to #EndTB .

🫁 Burnet Institute Australian Academy of Science and CSIRO have put forward a push for action on clean indoor air

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