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…
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….
Four years ago life in Pulau Bau, a village on a tiny island off North Maluku in Indonesia, was transformed. The community was supplied with electricity via small-scale diesel generators and a state-of-the-art solar energy system with battery backup. Every house was receiving some electricity—not a lot, but some. But early in 2017 the system…
Assessing ageing bridges just got safer and easier, thanks to a high-tech radar device that fits inside a suitcase. Developed by Dr Lihai Zhang of The University of Melbourne as part of a collaborative research project supported by The Australia-Indonesia Centre, the IBIS-S radar technology can scan a bridge in 15 minutes from a kilometre…
Women in Indonesia were 21 times more likely to die from childbirth than women in Australia in 2015. Many pregnant women in Indonesia, particularly in remote areas, do not regularly visit health clinics and so complications are not detected and dealt with early enough.
Today in Surabaya, the 3rd Indonesia-Australia Research Summit with research to change lives including: Making ports that work with rail, road, and the surrounding communities Could vitamin D reduce child deaths? Designing the coolest and most energy-efficient tropical houses What do children learn about diet and nutrition on the street: from advertising to school posters…
World TB Day on March 24 reminds us of the growing TB threat Scientists available for interview in English and Bahasa Indonesia for World TB Day. Read the release in Bahasa Indonesia. More images below. Better vaccines are needed for the global fight against tuberculosis (TB). The Global Fund reports an estimated nine million new…
Hari TB Sedunia (25 Maret) mengingatkan kita mengenai ancaman TB yang terus meningkat Vaksin-vaksin yang lebih baik dibutuhkan agar dapat melawan TB di tingkat global. Global Fund melaporkan sekitar 9 juta kasus TB baru muncul setiap tahunnya, menempati posisi kedua sebagai penyakit menular paling mematikan di dunia setelah AIDS. Menurut Badan Kesehatan Dunia (WHO), lebih…
Scientists available for interview in Bahasa Indonesia and English. More images below. View the release in Bahasa Indonesia here. Or read about the other collaborative research projects announced with the opening of the Indonesian Clean Energy Centre of Excellence in Bali on Thursday 11 Feb. Over sixty-five million Indonesians live off the grid. But what does…
Indonesia and Australia to research delivering power to remote communities and to grow cities View the release in Bahasa Indonesia here. Announcing a portfolio of research projects: To bring sustainable energy to remote communities. To increase the reliability of Indonesia’s urban power. To guide Indonesia as it boosts its electricity generating capacity by 70 per…