Images, video overlay, two case studies (rotavirus vaccine and TB in adolescents) and backgrounder available. Melbourne Children’s Global Health initiative to take action for the: Two million children dying annually from pneumonia and diarrhoea 8 million new child and youth cases of TB each year Mental health and wellbeing of youth caught up in global unemployment, civic unrest,…
Melbourne Children’s Global Health is an initiative to improve the health of children and adolescents in disadvantaged populations globally through partnerships in research, public health, education and advocacy. The initiative has been created by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, and the Royal Children’s Hospital under the auspices of the…
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Bio Farma, Indonesia’s national vaccine company, is completing a phase 1 trial of a new rotavirus vaccine invented in Melbourne and has started pilot manufacture of the vaccine. Licencing trials are next, followed hopefully by release of the new vaccine in 2021. The project is the culmination of a 42-year partnership between Melbourne and Gadjah…
In 2017, almost one million children fell ill and over 200,000 children under 15 died of tuberculosis, according to the latest WHO Roadmap. The report also identifies a previously underreported challenge, TB in adolescents. University of Melbourne researcher Ms Kathryn Snow has estimated that about 1.8 million young people develop TB every year comprising
Scientists use computer simulations of joint and muscle movements to teach us to exercise smarter Researchers have developed computer simulations of joint and muscle movements that can teach us how to exercise smarter and prevent knee pain and further damage. One in five Australians over the age of 45 suffer from painful and debilitating osteoarthritis,…
Macquarie University and UWA scientists will join forces with two Australian companies to search for new antibiotics in 500,000 species of Australian microbes. Background information below. The project will be supported by a $3 million CRC-P grant announced by Australia’s Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation, Senator Zed Seselja. “We have samples of over…
Female scientists have played a critical role in many scientific discoveries throughout history, but their contributions have often been overlooked. Ahead of International Women’s Day this Thursday, Macquarie University scientists are celebrating the work of forgotten women of science through history; explaining how their work today is changing the world; and making the case for…
A rotavirus vaccine that can be given days after birth has been developed by Australian and Indonesian researchers. Rotavirus is the common cause of severe diarrhoea and a killer of approximately 215,000 children under five globally each year. The oral vaccine, called RV3-BB, was given in three single doses, the first within five days of birth….