Pioneering skin sores research to improve health of children globally

A Northern Territory-based research project investigating alternative and more practical treatments for skin sores (impetigo) benefiting children worldwide.

This media release was issued by the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin.

A Northern Territory-based research project investigating alternative and more practical treatments for skin sores (impetigo) is set to benefit the millions of children worldwide who suffer from this infection.

The Kids Director Professor Jonathan Carapetis has co-authored the paper published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, which outlines the efficacy, feasibility and benefits of a new, non-injection treatment.

Read the full media release here.

First published Wednesday 27 August 2014.