Community treatment intervention with ivermectin to reduce the prevalence of scabies and strongyloides

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/545239

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Scabies and strongyloides are endemic in many remote East Arnhem Aboriginal communities. To reduce the prevalence of these parasitic infections a community treatment intervention will be undertaken using the drug Ivermectin. The introduction of this innovative drug treatment regime for both scabies and strongyloides will be a first in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $109,046.00

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

Antiparasitic | Burden of disease | Clinical trial | Community intervention study | Indigenous health

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