The rates of RHD in Timor-Leste are among the highest in the world, and prevalence is higher among girls than boys. Community engagement is essential for ensuring follow-up and the effective delivery of secondary prophylaxis. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• April 2018

We argue that the success of planetary health solutions is predicated on a more sophisticated understanding of the psychology of prevention and intervention at all scales ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• March 2018

We found transient pDC depletion during Pneumovirus infection alone predisposed to severe bronchiolitis in early life and subsequent asthma after reinfection. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• February 2018

Respiratory syncytial virus is a major cause of respiratory morbidity and one of the main causes of hospitalisation in young children. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• October 2017

Young people with screening-detected RHD have worse health outcomes than screen-negative cases in Fiji. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• August 2017

Over the past decade, a growing number of studies have linked urban green space and aspects of biodiversity with emotional wellbeing. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• July 2017

We aimed to quantify the diagnostic utility of mannitol challenge testing for asthma in a community cohort and a symptomatic wheezing subset of this cohort. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

To investigate quality of life (QOL) and psychosocial well-being in youth with neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) who are wheelchair users. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

determining if regular consumption of egg protein from age 4 to 6 months reduces the risk of IgE mediated allergy in infants with genetic risk, without eczema. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

We report the impact on Strongyloides seroprevalence after two oral ivermectin mass drug administrations (MDAs) delivered 12 months apart in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

In this study, we aimed to use microRNAs-which are critical regulators of signaling cascades-to identify so far uncharacterized asthma pathogenesis pathways ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• April 2017

This report summarises the epidemiology of hospitalisations with laboratory-confirmed influenza during the 2015 influenza season ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• December 2016