RSV 🦠 causes bronchiolitis in babies. We need to use new medicines and vaccines equitably in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to prevent disease. ⁦Archana Koirala⁩ ⁦Fiona Russell⁩ ⁦Christopher Blyth⁩ ⁦ANZPID⁩ ⁦ASIDANZ⁩ theconversation.com/from-rsv-to-me…

Many of us do research 'on' the people;

Some do it 'for' the people;

Few are able to do research 'with' the people.

Inspiring piece by Dr Abhay Bang explains the difference:

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Highlighting the importance of oximetry in paediatric pneumonia care in PNG. Of >2000 cases, 36% were hypoxic. Existing & derived clinical predictive algorithms lacked sensitivity/specificity to detect hypoxia. Telethon Kids Institute PNGIMR WCVID Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
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RU a First Nations academic leader interested in joining Menzies School of Health Research? 2 great jobs advertised today careers.menzies.edu.au/job-details/qu… & careers.menzies.edu.au/job-details/qu… We'd love to hear from you!
Menzies Research Prof Louise Maple-Brown Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands ❤️💛🖤 Lowitja Institute Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

EPIC-SR trial: In fully vaccinated patients with risk factors for severe disease and patients (vaccinated or unvaccinated) without such risk factors, nirmatrelvir–ritonavir did not significantly shorten the time to alleviation of Covid-19 symptoms. nej.md/49kLhq3

Check out the upcoming ASIDANZ INTREPID webinars including tomorrow 4 April ''Melioidosis' with Prof Bart Currie 6.30pm AEDT.
See: bit.ly/4cClZq8

Love it that True is back on the blogging..

Her thoughts on Easter, even and a great old JARS OF CLAY song...

true-story.com.au/the-one-thing-…

Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand position statement: The safe clinical use of sputum induction for bio‐sampling of the lower airways in children and adults - Schultz - Respirology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

PhD OPPORTUNITY | Do you have a bioinformatics background and want to be part of a team researching zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi malaria?
Check out this PhD opportunity under the supervision of Matthew Grigg and Jacob Westaway.
Learn more bit.ly/3TzsEZv

From resistance to a life of service: Timor-Leste then and now abc.net.au/listen/program… ETAN Timor News Alola Australia Kirsty Sword Gusmao Info DILI Dili Insider Alias Ruby Blade Ilidio Ximenes da .C #timorleste #easttimor #truestories #cipinang #XananaGusmao #kirstySword

Tuberculosis is contagious, deadly, but preventable & curable. Screening & treating ALL to end 1.6 million deaths/year.
🤨Too costly? Invent affordable tools
🤨Too difficult to implement? Engage the community for creative ideas

Unless you're ignorant
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Congrats to the newly elected Mayor of West Arnhem Council , James Woods.

Woods is a committed community leader, serving as the Chair of the Maningrida Local Authority for the past 8 years.

Welcome to the role James, look forward to working with ya.

Managing Crashing Asthmatic patient in ED - Low fidelity Sims...try to improvise with what resources we have....most importantly to always call for help!

'No decisions should be made about low- and middle-income countries without the involvement of their governments, scientists, researchers, parliamentarians, and civil society groups in the decision-making process'

Els Torreele @[email protected] Christine McNab et al

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It's time to improve antenatal screening in resource-limited settings. Check out the latest review of the evidence from Dr Manisha Yapa Sydney Health #hepatitis #STIs 👇👇Sydney ID doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.1…

🇦🇺 has a long history of health support to 🇹🇱.

This week I met with 🇹🇱's Minister of Health, H.E. Elia A. A. dos Reis Amaral to hear the Ministry's priorities & opportunities for Australian support to stronger health systems in #TimorLeste

Indigenous fathers help build stronger communities. Here’s how we can better support them theconversation.com/indigenous-fat… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

♀️ On International Day of Women and Girls in Science Women in Science Day, we hear from female #Fellow #Alumni on phase I of the #FlemingFund .

#WomenInScience #February11

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#Alumni Fellow Virginia de Lourdes da Conceicao is a Senior Microbiology Scientist currently working at the Public Health Laboratory in #TimorLeste 🇹🇱.

An inspirational testimony about the value of mentoring - which is as valuable in #research as it is in #journalism . ⁦⁦Ross Gittins⁩ ⁦The Sydney Morning Herald⁩ #leadership smh.com.au/national/every…