Up to one-third of young people live with chronic physical conditions (eg, diabetes, asthma, and autoimmune disease) that frequently involve recurrent pain, fatigue, activity limitations, stigma, and isolation. ...

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• 2023
• September 2023

According to the Young Minds Matter study, mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are experienced by approximately one in seven or 560,000 young people in Australia. These disorders can often have a significant impact on children’s learning and development and on family life. ...

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The aim of this project was to identify the top 10 priorities for childhood chronic conditions and disability (CCD) research from the perspectives of children and young people with lived experience, their parents and caregivers and the professionals who work with them. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

Soil transmitted helminth infections are estimated to impact 24% of the world's population and are responsible for chronic and debilitating morbidity. Disadvantaged communities are among the worst affected and are further marginalized as infection prevalence fuels the poverty cycle. ...

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• 2024
• February 2024

Ewan Mark Punam Susan Tasmin Cameron Connell Amratia Rumisha Symons EC MC PA SR TS BSc PhD MSc PhD PhD (Biostatistics) Director of Malaria Risk Stratification Research Assistant, Epidemiology Statistics Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research ...

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With more than 1.2 million illnesses and 29,000 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, typhoid fever continues to be a major public health problem. Effective control of the disease would benefit from an understanding of the subnational geospatial distribution of the disease incidence. ...

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• 2024
• February 2024

Chris Deborah Peter Tanisha Greta Karina Brennan-Jones Lehmann Richmond Cayley Bernabei Tao C D PC TC GB KT PhD AO, MBBS, MSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP BBiomed (Hons) BSc B.SpLPath&Aud, MClincAud, PhD Head, Ear Health Honorary Emeritus Fellow Head, ...

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Rotavirus causes substantial morbidity and mortality every year, particularly among under-five children. Despite Rotavirus immunization preventing severe diarrheal disease in children, the vaccination coverage remains inadequate in many African countries including Ethiopia. ...

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• 2022
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Despite high breastfeeding initiation rates in Australia, few mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants to six months. This is particularly evident in... ...

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• 2015
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Siblings of children with intellectual disability have unique family experiences, varying by type of disability. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Bep Shakara Mirella Uink Liddelow-Hunt Wilson BU SLH MW BPsych(Hons.), MAppPsy(Clinical), PhD BPhil(Hons) MAppPsych(Organisational), BA(Hons.) Honorary Research Associate Research Assistant; PhD Candidate PhD Candidate 08 6219 1062 B.Uink@ ...

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Streptococcus A is a bacterium often found in the throat and on the skin. ...

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