In Papua New Guinea, 1500+ women die every year from childbirth-related causes – 80 times higher than in Australia. And these deaths are, mostly, preventable.
Your support will help stop preventable deaths of mothers and babies in PNG
Inadequate tools to diagnose, treat and prevent TB are major drivers of the global epidemic.
Burnet’s Health Security Program works to increase the capacities of health systems across the Asia-Pacific region.
Major components of this Program are aimed at improving responses to drug-resistant tuberculosis, strengthening policies and practices to prevent and control antimicrobial resistance, and applying One Health approaches to improve health for humans, animals and the environment.
Through this program Burnet is committing to making a major contribution:
Program Director, Health Security (Expansion Program)
APPRISE - Centre for Research Excellence
The Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious Diseases Emergencies (APPRISE).
Australia Awards Fellowship: KICK-AMR to Address Antimicrobial Resistance
Strengthening response to antimicrobial resistance and health security in the Pacific.
Building a Centre of Excellence for Research and Training for DR-TB in Daru, Papua New Guinea
Building operational research capacity for TB in PNG through training, mentorship and research.
Building capacity and improving tuberculosis diagnosis in Timor-Leste
This project seeks to improve the diagnosis of people with TB with the use of GeneXpert technology.
Characterisation of retroviruses in bats
Discovery and characterisation of novel bat retroviruses.
Demonstrating the impact of next generation Cepheid tools in TB
GeneXpert Ultra and GeneXpert Omni for the diagnosis of tuberculosis at the microscopy centre level: PNG
Diagnostic accuracy of Molbio Truenat for diagnosis of TB and rifampicin resistance
Multi-country clinical trial investigating the diagnostic accuracy of a new TB diagnostic test, Molbio Truenat, for detecting TB and rifampicin resistant TB in PNG.
ESCAPE-TB: Enhanced screening and preventive therapy for TB in Daru, PNG
A community-based model for screening and delivering preventive therapy for latent TB in Daru, PNG.
Intrinsic host antiviral activity against pathogenic viruses
Determining the antiviral activity of bat restriction factors against viruses.
Novel reagents for the serological diagnosis of tuberculosis
Using a drop of blood, an innovative diagnostic test may be able to detect if a patient has tuberculosis (TB).
Predicting quality and potency of monoclonal and natural antibodies
Rapid, simple and scalable assays for predicting antibody potency.
Rapid and accurate diagnosis of TB: New trial in PNG
New PNG arm of a randomised control trial to trial new tuberculosis point-of-care technology.
RID-TB Patient Education and Counselling
Reducing the impact of DR-TB through patient-centred education and counselling in Daru, PNG.
RID-TB: Reducing the Impact of Drug-Resistant TB in Western Province, PNG
The project supports an effective provincial program to reduce the impact of TB in Daru.
The production of guidance for the laboratory sector to prepare for emergency situations
A project to produce a global guide to maintain diagnostic capacity in emergency settings.
The Social and Cultural Determinants of TB in Daru [SCuD-TB Daru – Study 1]
A pilot project about people with TB and their contacts: beliefs, access to services and experiences.
Zero TB initiative Yogyakarta
Implementation of a comprehensive Zero TB approach to Tuberculosis control in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
14 August, 2019
Recruitment is underway in Papua New Guinea for the trial of a new and potentially lifesaving rapid diagnostic for tuberculosis.
23 May, 2019
Deputy Program Director, Health Security, Dr Majumdar awarded a prestigious Burnet honour.
To achieve better health for vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally by accelerating the translation of research, discovery and evidence into sustainable health solutions.
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