A University of Queensland start-up company, developing a potential new treatment for obesity-related liver disease, has secured a seed investment of $1.3 million from IP Group, a UK-based intellectual property business. Jetra Therapeutics Pty Ltd is developing a treatment with the potential to reverse liver damage caused by Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-alcoholic […]
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Covid-19: Global attack on freedom of expression is having a dangerous impact on public health crisis: Attacks on freedom of expression by governments, combined with a flood of misinformation across the world during the Covid-19 pandemic, have had a devastating impact on peoples’ ability to access accurate and timely information to help them cope with the […]
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Leading a worldwide effort to better prevent and treat scabies: The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and its partners are leading a global program to better prevent and treat scabies – the human parasite linked to severe skin infections, blood poisoning, kidney failure and heart disease. The World Scabies Program (WSP) was established in 2019 thanks to an AU$10 million grant from the Macquarie Group’s 50th anniversary […]
World Arthritis Day, referred to as WAD, is a global awareness day held every year on 12 October. WAD aims to help raise awareness in all audiences across the world of the existence and impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, often referred to as RMDs. The debilitating effects of these diseases, of which more than […]
WHO takes steps to address glaring shortage of quality palliative care services: Worldwide, it is estimated only 1 in 10 people who need palliative care are receiving it and global demand for care for people with life threatening illnesses will continue to grow as populations age and the burden of noncommunicable diseases rises. By 2060, […]
Cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders have increased by more than 25 per cent worldwide, according to a world-first study of the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. The research, led by researchers from The University of Queensland’s School of Public Health, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (University of Washington) […]
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WHO report highlights global shortfall in investment in mental health: World misses most 2020 mental health targets; extension of WHO Mental Health Action Plan to 2030 provides new opportunity for progress The World Health Organization’s new Mental Health Atlas paints a disappointing picture of a worldwide failure to provide people with the mental health services […]
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WHO recommends ground breaking malaria vaccine for children at risk. Historic RTS,S/AS01 recommendation can reinvigorate the fight against malaria. The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission The recommendation is based on […]
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Tracking COVID in Northern Ireland: A group of experts at Queen’s University Belfast have been using mathematical modelling to track the course of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland so that preparations can be made for future variants and diseases. Research led by Dr Gabor Kiss from the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen’s examined the […]
WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists: High prices and low availability still a major barrier for patients’ access to new and old medicines. WHO has published the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, which include new treatments for various cancers, […]