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Helping families to unlock the mental and physical health benefits of connecting with nature and community through outdoor play - easily, and locally.
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The Missing Piece Surveillance Study: A surveillance study for strep A pharyngitis and impetigo in the Kimberley, AustraliaThe Missing Piece Surveillance Study is a prospective surveillance study to determine the concurrent burden of skin and throat infections in children, from two remote communities in Northern Australia.
While COVID-19 is new and frightening, these resources are designed to help families tackle the challenges this virus has created for us.
In this The Kids Research Institute Australia subsite, our Rett syndrome research team manages a national and international database of Rett syndrome.
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Morbidity of Scabies in Resource-Limited Countries: Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) and Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (APSGN)Scabies is one of the world’s most prevalent diseases, with approximately 147 million cases at any one time and an estimated annual incidence of 455 million new episodes. Although Group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis has long been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and subsequent rheumatic heart disease (RHD), impetigo caused by GAS has recently been postulated as a link between scabies and the pathogenesis of ARF.
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Differences in Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae Natural Antibody Development in Papua New Guinean Children in the First Year of LifeDevelopment of vaccines to prevent disease and death from Streptococcus pneumoniae, and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi), the main pathogens that cause otitis media, pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis, are a global priority.
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Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015Globally, life expectancy from birth increased from 61·7 years in 1980 to 71·8 years in 2015
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The microbiology of impetigo in Indigenous children: associations between Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, scabies, and nasal carriagePrevalence and antimicrobial resistance of impetigo pathogens in a randomised, controlled trial of impetigo treatment conducted in remote Indigenous communities
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Who are our mental health and school researchers and what do they do?A new ongoing Q & A series focusing on different research themes within the Children’s Diabetes Centre - focus: mental health and schools teams.
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Pick up a bookA number of studies at The Kids Research Institute Australia show that reading and talking with your child and sharing language-based encounters, can have a huge impact.