1. Impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on childhood anaemia discovered

    Impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on childhood anaemia discovered

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    A study investigating the impact of maternal anemia in pregnancy on infant anemia has found it to be a more significant risk factor than being born premature or low birth weight (LBW).

  2. Media release | Impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on childhood anaemia discovered

    Media release | Impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on childhood anaemia discovered

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    A study investigating the impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on infant anaemia has found it to be a more significant risk factor than being born premature or low birth weight (LBW).

  3. Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease

    Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease

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    The study, Antibiotic use for Australian Aboriginal children in three remote Northern Territory communities, was recently published in the journal PLOS

  4. Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease

    Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease

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    A study of antibiotic prescription rates for Aboriginal children in remote communities in the Northern Territory (NT) has identified high rates of infections and antibiotic use in these communities.

  5. Lowitja Institute Report | Anaemia Prevention Program, Katherine East

    Lowitja Institute Report | Anaemia Prevention Program, Katherine East

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    An Anaemia Prevention Program has been running in three communities serviced by Sunrise Health in East Katherine region in the Northern Territory (NT)

  6. 2018 Indigenous Men’s Conference and 2018 Indigenous Women’s Wellbeing Conference in Cairns QLD Australia.

    2018 Indigenous Men’s Conference and 2018 Indigenous Women’s Wellbeing Conference in Cairns QLD Australia.

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    The stage is set to accommodate all delegations of the 2018 Indigenous Men’s Conference and 2018 Indigenous Women’s Wellbeing Conference scheduled on the 13th – 15th of June 2018 at the Pullman Cairns International Hotel.

  7. NT communities' anaemia management evaluated

    NT communities' anaemia management evaluated

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    Evaluation of anaemia management in three remote Indigenous communities in the Katherine East region, NT Health practitioners in the remote Katherine East region are not sure why anaemia in young children is so common in Indigenous communities. What they...

  8. Scabies and strongyloides: a community snapshot

    Scabies and strongyloides: a community snapshot

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    Researcher Therese Kearns tests a new treatment for mite and worm infections.

  9. ABC stateline report - beating scabies and strongyloidiasis

    ABC stateline report - beating scabies and strongyloidiasis

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    The Menzies School of Health Research is hoping the drug Ivermectin will rid the Echo Island community, east of Darwin, of scabies and the strongyloides worm.