Malaria and Infectious Diseases in the Asia-Pacific: Drugs, vaccines and diagnostics

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Dr Karunajeewa is an expert in the treatment of malaria and other infectious diseases that have a major impact on the health of people living in developing countries of the tropical zone of the Asia-Pacific region. His ongoing research aims to develop better ways of diagnosing these infections, defining their relative importance in terms of overall burden of disease, finding optimal drug treatments and testing the effectiveness of new vaccines for their prevention.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $210,873.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Infectious Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

gastroenteritis | malaria | malaria drug resistance | malaria therapy | malaria vaccine | pneumonia | tropical medicine