Reducing the community burden of respiratory infections in Indigenous children

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1088733

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Lower respiratory infections are the leading cause of preventable mortality among Indigenous children in the Northern Territory. Streptococcus pneumoniae remain one of the major paediatric respiratory pathogens. In this proposal I will describe the impact of past and present pneumococcal vaccination strategies on the burden of infant respiratory infections in this region.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $320,891.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aboriginal child | bacterial respiratory diseases | lower respiratory tract disease | pneumococcal infection | pneumococcal vaccination

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