Today, 24 March, is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, an initiative of the World Health Organization to “raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic”. TB is a key focus for Alliance member Burnet Institute, where researchers have been contributing to new global guidelines for the management of the disease in children and young adults, and calling for more funding to help manage TB in the Asia-Pacific region.
Elsewhere on the precinct, Monash researchers are investigating how we can design inclusive and accessible spaces for an ageing population, and Baker Institute scientists have discovered that death rates from type 1 diabetes are declining in many countries around the globe.
Baker Institute researchers are investigating COVID-associated blood clots in people with inherited thrombotic conditions.
Monash University – Central Clinical School
Benefiting Everyone: Good Design Features for Healthy Ageing
With the number of Australians aged 65 and over projected to more than double by 2057, the way we design and support community spaces and services that promote inclusion and accessibility has never been more important.
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Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Declining death rates in people with type 1 diabetes
Death rates in people living with type 1 diabetes across a wide range of ages have declined in countries including Australia, the USA, Scotland and Denmark, according to a study led by researchers from the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute.
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New insights on COVID-associated blood clots in people with inherited thrombotic conditions
With venous blood clots far more common with COVID-19 infection than vaccines, new information is emerging on the association between COVID-associated blood clots in people with inherited thrombotic conditions such as the common Factor V Leiden, which impacts about in one in every 20 or 25 people in Australia.
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Burnet Institute
New global guidelines to manage childhood TB
Burnet’s Professor Steve Graham has overseen the development of new WHO guidelines for the management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents.
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As tuberculosis resurges in the Asia Pacific, what lessons from COVID can save Australia?
Professor Brendan Crabb AC and Ms Negaya Chorley call for Australia to commit funds to the fight against TB in Asia-Pacific.
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New Burnet scholarship for PNG health professionals dedicated to TB research
Scholarship honours the late Professor Evelyn Lavu’s great contribution to tuberculosis research.
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Burnet joins global network in a bid to rapidly solve global health challenges
Faster access to funding and global networks will help Burnet accelerate its research breakthroughs.
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