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The Univeristy of Melbourne The Royal Melbourne Hopspital

A joint venture between The University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Vietnam

Collaborators

Biggs group
Project leader(s): Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs
Collaborator(s): Research and Training Centre for Community Development, Hanoi
Funding: National Health and Medical Research Council

The Biggs group collaborators with Research and Training Centre for Community Development on the Learning Clubs project.

Capacity building

National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Project leaders(s): Associate Professor Kirsty BuisingProfessor Karin Thursky, Dr Rodney James
Collaborator(s): Vietnam Ministry of Health

Antimicrobial use surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship capacity building.

WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis

WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis
Project leader(s): Associate Professor Benjamin Cowie
Collaborator(s): World Health OrganisationWHO Western Pacific RegionNational Institute of Hygiene and EpidemiologyPasteur Institute

The WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis provides:

  • Diagnostic testing surveillance
  • Advocacy
  • Education
  • Workshops
  • Training
  • Policy advice
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Needs and situational assessments
  • Laboratory analysis

Understanding influenza epidemiology

Fox-Marsh group
Project Leader(s): Dr Annette Fox-Marsh
Collaborator(s): Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, National Hospital for Tropical DiseasesHanoi Medical University
Funding: National Institutes of HealthNational Health and Medical Research Council

This project looks to understand influenza epidemiology and how past immunity alters response to infection and immunity.

Partner twinning programme with Pasteur Institute Nha Trang

Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
Project leader(s): Dr Julian Druce
Collaborator(s): Pasteur Institute Nha Trang

The VIDRL-Nha Trang Pasteu Institue (NTPI) relationship stemmed from an AUSAID funded project around Avian Influenza in 2009. The relationship with support, mentoring and capacity building has remained since then.

Incentives for early declaration and effective prevention of avian influenza in the Mekong

McVernon group and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
Project leader(s): Professor Jodie McVernon
Collaborator(s): Nossal Institute for Global Health; NIPH Cambodia; Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute; Pasteur Institute (Vietnam); Health Strategy and Policy Institute (Vietnam); Hanoi University of Public Health (Vietnam)
Funding: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

This collaboration with the Nossal Institute seeks to apply insights from human health systems development to the strengthening of veterinary health systems in Greater Mekong Subregion countries, to enhance early reporting of animal infections and reduce the risks of zoonotic disease.

The interaction between the host and pathogen genetics in susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis

Dunstan group
Project leader(s): Dr Sarah Dunstan
Collaborator(s): Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamGenome Institute of Singapore; National University of Singapore

People infected with the bacteria causing tuberculosis (TB) have different clinical fates. Some people remain well with dormant infections, some get lung disease and survive, others die. We are investigating the interplay between the human host and the bacteria causing disease by identifying genetic variants in both. This will enable us to determine what is important in the defence against this disease. Knowledge of the different TB disease processes is critical for future rational design of new TB vaccines and treatments. 

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