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
Tuberculosis (TB) has killed more people than any other infectious disease in history. The air-borne disease is curable, yet through relative political and financial neglect, it remains a significant global public health problem, thriving in disadvantaged communities with little visibility.
Each year, more than 1.5 million people die from TB and another nine million people, many children, struggle to overcome the debilitating effects of the disease. The majority of the global burden is in the Asia-Pacific region.
Burnet’s breadth of cross-disciplinary expertise brings together a highly diverse approach to tackling infectious diseases of global significance, including TB.
The key goals of the Eliminate TB program are:
Working towards the global targets to eliminate TB as a public health threat by 2030 through partnerships, community engagement, technical assistance to national programs, and accelerating the implementation of innovation and research.
Developing and evaluating new tools, technologies and strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care, through discovery, translational and operational research.
Deputy Program Director (Health Security)
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.
Decision science using Optima
Research and applications across disease areas to improve allocative efficiency.
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.
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 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.
17 April, 2019
Burnet contributes to Lancet Commission on tuberculosis elimination
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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