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
The focus is to understand the negative consequences of malaria and how they can be prevented malaria in children and pregnant women.
This will assist with the understanding of how malaria interacts with other health problems, such as anaemia and other infections, to worsen health outcomes in children and pregnant women. Papua New Guinea is the main focus of these studies.
For any general enquiries relating to this project, please contact:
Deputy Director (People); Head of Malaria Immunity and Vaccines Laboratory; Adjunct Professor Monash University
To achieve better health for vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally by accelerating the translation of research, discovery and evidence into sustainable health solutions.
85 Commercial Road, Melbourne
VIC, 3004, Australia
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