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The Healthy Skin team, in collaboration with Elder Researchers and Aboriginal Community Members, is working to strengthen sun safety knowledge, practices, and skin cancer risk awareness among Aboriginal children and young people in Western Australia.
ATOMIC Ears Study The ATOMIC Ears Study aims to evaluate a new treatment designed to prevent ongoing ear infections in kids having grommet surgery. This surgery is a common form of treatment for young children suffering multiple ear infections, but
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New healthy skin guide for health sector to identify and treat skin issuesA new National Healthy Skin Guideline has been launched by The Kids Research Institute Australia, to help health care providers identify, diagnose and treat a range of skin conditions experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in urban and remote areas.
Venue Information Accommodation Options Contact us THE UNIVERSITY CLUB OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Hackett Entrance #1, Hackett Drive, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009 Phone: +61 (8) 6488 8770 The IIC Perth 2019 will be held at The University Club of
Contact us If you'd like to get in touch, please contact us by phone or email. Phone: 0400 450 240 Email: vtg@thekids.org.au The PRIME Study The PRIME study - Protective Vaccine Responses in Infants after Maternal Pertussis Vaccination, is
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Congratulations Dr Lea-Ann Kirkham - Robert Austrian Award WinnerCongratulations to Dr Lea-Ann Kirkham - one of just 10 recipients from around the world to receive a prestigious Robert Austrian Award at the International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases.
How protective is the whooping cough vaccine? Vaccination and allergy Even though Australia has high vaccination rates against whooping cough, we have the highest recorded incidence of whooping cough in the world. Whooping cough is mild in
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Understanding motivation and experience in participating in a paediatric SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey, in AustraliaSerosurveys are considered as a valuable tool in estimating population immunity and infection rates but recruitment of children to provide paediatric estimates can be challenging. A novel approach of sampling children undergoing anaesthesia was utilised for a SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey in Australian children and we explore the reasons for participation, feedback on the approach and importance of research into Coronavirus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19).
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MeaslesMeasles is a highly contagious infectious disease that can cause severe, long-term complications in children.