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Eliminating chronic hepatitis B in the NT
Senior clinical research fellow, Dr Jane Davies, has dedicated the past eight years to eliminating the burden of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the NT. CHB, a virus that causes inflammation of the liver, is endemic in communities....
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Ten years of malaria studies in Sabah
For 10 years, Menzies has teamed with Sabah’s Infectious Diseases team to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of malaria.
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Tackling antimicrobial resistance in the north
Through a suite of projects, HOT NORTH is involved in tackling the challenge of AMR in northern Australia and neighbouring countries.
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30 years of melioidosis study
Run by Menzies in collaboration with the Royal Darwin Hospital, the Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study (DPMS), aims to understand the clinical and microbiological aspects of melioidosis in order to optimise the diagnosis and therapy of the disease in the NT.
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Ground-breaking trial a step towards the elimination of vivax malaria
Outside of sub-Saharan Africa, the predominant cause of malaria in many areas is Plasmodium vivax, a parasite that forms dormant liver stages (hypnozoites) that can reactivate weeks or months following an acute infection and can lead to severe or life-threatening disease. Primaquine...
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Genomic sequencing transforming infectious disease surveillance
The Top End of Australia has unique environmental bacteria that can cause severe human disease. Acinetobacter, is a good example: although it is best known globally as a multidrug-resistant hospital pathogen, it presents differently in the Top End as a nasty form of pneumonia...
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Researchers go north to Alaska
A team of community-based researchers from Elcho Island made the long journey to Anchorage, Alaska to present their work at the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Viral Hepatitis in August. For the three Indigenous researchers - Sarah Bukulatjpi, George Gurruwiwi and...
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Tackling Malaysian monkey malaria
Malaysia’s national malaria eradication program has successfully reduced infections associated with Plasmodium falciparum and vivax malaria. to the point where these species may realistically be eradicated by 2020. Plasmodium knowlesi malaria is now the most common cause of...
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Building genomics expertise in the NT
Menzies is investing and developing expertise in the emerging research area of genome sequencing. In the past year, we took the lead in a number of national and international collaborative programs investigating the genomics of tropical pathogens, and host immune responses. This has...
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Melioidosis study improves patient outcomes
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Healthy skin workshops for health professionals
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Novel treatment to fight TB
Menzies researchers working in Indonesia have uncovered a link between low levels of the gas nitric oxide in the lungs of tuberculosis (TB) patients
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Sharing malaria elimination knowledge with Asia
Menzies has been able to assist people like Youn-Kyoung Goo through training, grants, and capacity building workshops funded by APMEN.
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Improving nutrition across borders
A group of Indigenous Australian health workers and East Timorese nutritionists travelled to Central Australia in 2012 to join a series of Menzies’ short courses designed to build confidence and knowledge about nutrition for women, children and babies in remote areas