Reports and Findings
Improved public health measures targeting bacterial skin infections are needed to reduce this high burden of skin infections in Western Australia
This work will be undertaken in collaboration with The Kids Research Institute Australia and Australian based research teams to better understand how Penicillin works in Māori and Pacific children/teens who receive monthly BPG injections.
We estimate for the first time the total cost of RHD for Fiji (2008-2012) using a cost-of-illness approach and novel primary data on RHD disease burden and costs.
Reach works to promote the health of vulnerable populations by providing technical support to local, regional and global efforts to prevent and control rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RF/RHD).
Benefits in teaching the Alert Program® to students in a region with high reported rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and self-regulation impairment
Our findings are crucial in demonstrating that the Northern Territory STS clone is not STX resistant
We reflect on the lessons learned from a recent genome‐wide association study of rheumatic heart disease with Aboriginal Australian participants
Benzathine penicillin G (BPG) has been in use since the 1950s for treatment of skin infections, bacterial pharyngitis, syphilis and prevention of recurrent episodes of acute rheumatic fever (ARF)
This systematic review presents a critical, interpretive analysis of publications that include lived experiences of rheumatic heart disease
Health systems did not meet the needs of pregnant Aboriginal women with rheumatic heart disease
Leadership and collaboration has resulted in increased capacity in the Fijian health system to support children with neurodevelopmental disabilities
The association between scabies and skin sores is highly significant and indicates a causal relationship
Health service utilisation in this setting may be enhanced by improving general awareness of the significance of childhood skin infections
A multifaceted intervention was implemented using quality improvement and chronic care model approaches to improve delivery of penicillin prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease
The Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus pharyngeal carriage rates seen in Uganda (15.9%) are higher than the most recent pooled results globally, at 12%
This strategy did not improve adherence to rheumatic heart disease secondary prophylaxis within the study time frame.
Indigenous iTaukei had greater frequency and intensity of contact compared with Fijians of Indian Descent
Intramuscular administration of novel acetylated peptide-protein conjugate vaccine candidate MJ8VAX was demonstrated to be safe and immunogenic
An optimized, rapid method for creating markerless isogenic mutations that combines Gibson assembly cloning with a new temperature-sensitive plasmid, pLZts