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The Australian Centre for Disease Control is happening! Burnet’s Chief Health Officer, Associate Professor Suman Majumdar, welcomes the new CDC, saying: “Health challenges transcend national borders. The CDC will bolster Australia’s readiness and contribute to global health security.”
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The Australian Centre for Disease Control is happening! Burnet’s Chief Health Officer, Associate Professor Suman Majumdar, welcomes the new CDC, saying: “Health challenges transcend national borders. The CDC will bolster Australia’s readiness and contribute to global health security.”
Atomo Diagnostics and Burnet have partnered to develop a syphilis test that would not only be Australia’s first self-test for the disease but the first syphilis test in the world to be able to differentiate between active and past infections.
www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Atomo Diagnostics and Burnet have partnered to develop a syphilis test that would not only be Australia’s first self-test for the disease but the first syphilis test in the world to be able to differentiate between active and past infections.
www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
Experts from the Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) have urged a parliamentary committee to support the amended International Health Regulations (IHR), global rules for detecting and containing health threats before they escalate. Read the submission: https://bit.ly/47MugY9
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Experts from the Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) have urged a parliamentary committee to support the amended International Health Regulations (IHR), global rules for detecting and containing health threats before they escalate. Read the submission: https://bit.ly/47MugY9
Join experts Dr Elissa Kennedy and Dr Phone Myint Win for an insightful presentation and discussion on the mental, sexual and reproductive challenges faced by young people today – in Myanmar and beyond.
📅 Friday 14 November
⏰ 2pm–3pm AEDT online via Zoom
RSVP by 10 November: http://bit.ly/47OomG0
📅 Friday 14 November
⏰ 2pm–3pm AEDT online via Zoom
RSVP by 10 November: http://bit.ly/47OomG0
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Join experts Dr Elissa Kennedy and Dr Phone Myint Win for an insightful presentation and discussion on the mental, sexual and reproductive challenges faced by young people today – in Myanmar and beyond.
📅 Friday 14 November
⏰ 2pm–3pm AEDT online via Zoom
RSVP by 10 November: http://bit.ly/47OomG0
📅 Friday 14 November
⏰ 2pm–3pm AEDT online via Zoom
RSVP by 10 November: http://bit.ly/47OomG0
Big things are coming!
The new Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) will bring together 1,000+ scientists and researchers in a world-class facility — boosting Australia’s ability to tackle future health challenges 💪🌏
The new Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) will bring together 1,000+ scientists and researchers in a world-class facility — boosting Australia’s ability to tackle future health challenges 💪🌏
October 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Big things are coming!
The new Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) will bring together 1,000+ scientists and researchers in a world-class facility — boosting Australia’s ability to tackle future health challenges 💪🌏
The new Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) will bring together 1,000+ scientists and researchers in a world-class facility — boosting Australia’s ability to tackle future health challenges 💪🌏
Young people in Myanmar urgently need your help. Please help raise $80,000 to provide community spaces for young people to heal and thrive: https://myanmar-youth-appeal.burnet.edu.au/
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Young people in Myanmar urgently need your help. Please help raise $80,000 to provide community spaces for young people to heal and thrive: https://myanmar-youth-appeal.burnet.edu.au/
The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies program has been improving maternal & child health in Papua New Guinea for 10 years.
Listen to Dr Delly Babona, Burnet PNG Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents' Health Lead, on ABC Pacific Beat here 👇
Listen to Dr Delly Babona, Burnet PNG Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents' Health Lead, on ABC Pacific Beat here 👇
September 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies program has been improving maternal & child health in Papua New Guinea for 10 years.
Listen to Dr Delly Babona, Burnet PNG Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents' Health Lead, on ABC Pacific Beat here 👇
Listen to Dr Delly Babona, Burnet PNG Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents' Health Lead, on ABC Pacific Beat here 👇
Even in paradise, mosquito-borne diseases can be lethal. At Burnet, we’re working to reduce these diseases and protect people at risk. One way you can help is to leave a gift in your Will.
Write your Will for free 1-15 September: safewill.com/burnet
Write your Will for free 1-15 September: safewill.com/burnet
September 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Even in paradise, mosquito-borne diseases can be lethal. At Burnet, we’re working to reduce these diseases and protect people at risk. One way you can help is to leave a gift in your Will.
Write your Will for free 1-15 September: safewill.com/burnet
Write your Will for free 1-15 September: safewill.com/burnet
Australia's recent $266million pledge to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria, isn't just about health.
It's about saving lives, fighting epidemics and building stability in our region.
Burnet director/CEO Prof @brendancrabb.bsky.social spoke on Sky News Australia this week to explain 👇
It's about saving lives, fighting epidemics and building stability in our region.
Burnet director/CEO Prof @brendancrabb.bsky.social spoke on Sky News Australia this week to explain 👇
September 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Australia's recent $266million pledge to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria, isn't just about health.
It's about saving lives, fighting epidemics and building stability in our region.
Burnet director/CEO Prof @brendancrabb.bsky.social spoke on Sky News Australia this week to explain 👇
It's about saving lives, fighting epidemics and building stability in our region.
Burnet director/CEO Prof @brendancrabb.bsky.social spoke on Sky News Australia this week to explain 👇
Make health equity your legacy this Include a Charity Week from 1–7 September.
At Burnet, we believe that science and humanity are at the core of a more equitable world — where everyone has access to life-changing healthcare.
Learn more: www.burnet.edu.au/support-us/g...
At Burnet, we believe that science and humanity are at the core of a more equitable world — where everyone has access to life-changing healthcare.
Learn more: www.burnet.edu.au/support-us/g...
September 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Make health equity your legacy this Include a Charity Week from 1–7 September.
At Burnet, we believe that science and humanity are at the core of a more equitable world — where everyone has access to life-changing healthcare.
Learn more: www.burnet.edu.au/support-us/g...
At Burnet, we believe that science and humanity are at the core of a more equitable world — where everyone has access to life-changing healthcare.
Learn more: www.burnet.edu.au/support-us/g...
We thank those who joined us yesterday in Parliament House Canberra to celebrate 10 years of HMHB’s research and partnership, including The Hon Dr. Anne Aly MP, Senator Dean Smith, His Excellency John Kali CMG OBE, Senator Nita Green, and Professor Willie Pomuat. (4/4)
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We thank those who joined us yesterday in Parliament House Canberra to celebrate 10 years of HMHB’s research and partnership, including The Hon Dr. Anne Aly MP, Senator Dean Smith, His Excellency John Kali CMG OBE, Senator Nita Green, and Professor Willie Pomuat. (4/4)
What works in one region doesn’t always work in another. It’s why we established the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies (HMHB) program more than a decade ago, to improve the health of women and children in Papua New Guinea (PNG). (1/4)
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
What works in one region doesn’t always work in another. It’s why we established the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies (HMHB) program more than a decade ago, to improve the health of women and children in Papua New Guinea (PNG). (1/4)
What a privilege to host Prof Michael Good AO for a seminar on vaccination and immunology. @brendancrabb.bsky.social described Prof Good as "one of the most influential medical research leaders of the last 20 years, a great scientist, mentor and humanist." @griffith.edu.au @qimrb.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
What a privilege to host Prof Michael Good AO for a seminar on vaccination and immunology. @brendancrabb.bsky.social described Prof Good as "one of the most influential medical research leaders of the last 20 years, a great scientist, mentor and humanist." @griffith.edu.au @qimrb.bsky.social
Burnet Research Pharmacist Kate Mackie presents our EXPAND-C project on the opening day of #VH2025. EXPAND-C places pharmacists at the centre of testing and treatment for hepatitis C. It's one of the many ways Burnet is working towards the elimination of viral hepatitis. www.hepatitis.org.au
August 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Burnet Research Pharmacist Kate Mackie presents our EXPAND-C project on the opening day of #VH2025. EXPAND-C places pharmacists at the centre of testing and treatment for hepatitis C. It's one of the many ways Burnet is working towards the elimination of viral hepatitis. www.hepatitis.org.au
The breadth of Burnet's hepatitis research was showcased at our World Hepatitis Day event, a precursor to the Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference which starts in Melbourne today. VH2025 is an opportunity to ensure we see the elimination of viral hepatitis in Australia. www.hepatitis.org.au
August 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The breadth of Burnet's hepatitis research was showcased at our World Hepatitis Day event, a precursor to the Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference which starts in Melbourne today. VH2025 is an opportunity to ensure we see the elimination of viral hepatitis in Australia. www.hepatitis.org.au
Great to see MPs from all sides at Parliament House for today's Viral Hepatitis Roundtable ready to stand with people living with viral hepatitis and pledging to support more accessible treatment and local care. #MakeVicHepFree
July 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Great to see MPs from all sides at Parliament House for today's Viral Hepatitis Roundtable ready to stand with people living with viral hepatitis and pledging to support more accessible treatment and local care. #MakeVicHepFree
Please join us at VH2025 to help cultivate collective action and build real outcomes. Our program will bring together the strength of people with lived or living experience of injecting drug use and viral hepatitis, and the research and health sectors to work to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030.
July 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Please join us at VH2025 to help cultivate collective action and build real outcomes. Our program will bring together the strength of people with lived or living experience of injecting drug use and viral hepatitis, and the research and health sectors to work to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030.
It's great to see Burnet’s work featured by @unaids.org in a story on Fiji’s HIV response.
With HIV cases rising, we’re working with local partners to scale up peer-led counselling and community care.
Read more: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
With HIV cases rising, we’re working with local partners to scale up peer-led counselling and community care.
Read more: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
July 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It's great to see Burnet’s work featured by @unaids.org in a story on Fiji’s HIV response.
With HIV cases rising, we’re working with local partners to scale up peer-led counselling and community care.
Read more: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
With HIV cases rising, we’re working with local partners to scale up peer-led counselling and community care.
Read more: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Burnet Institute is celebrating NAIDOC week by attending the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service march to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
It's a time for all Australians to come together in celebration, reflection, and solidarity.
It's a time for all Australians to come together in celebration, reflection, and solidarity.
July 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Burnet Institute is celebrating NAIDOC week by attending the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service march to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
It's a time for all Australians to come together in celebration, reflection, and solidarity.
It's a time for all Australians to come together in celebration, reflection, and solidarity.
As part of our commitment to strengthening health outcomes across the wider Pacific region, Burnet Institute has officially opened a new office in Vanuatu 🎉
Read more about our locally-led work: www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
Read more about our locally-led work: www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
July 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
As part of our commitment to strengthening health outcomes across the wider Pacific region, Burnet Institute has officially opened a new office in Vanuatu 🎉
Read more about our locally-led work: www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
Read more about our locally-led work: www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
As 2030 fast approaches, the VH2025 conference provides an opportunity to harness our collective efforts and deliver real action for people living with viral hepatitis to ensure we see the elimination of viral hepatitis in Australia. Register for #VH2025: www.hepatitis.org.au/registration...
July 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
As 2030 fast approaches, the VH2025 conference provides an opportunity to harness our collective efforts and deliver real action for people living with viral hepatitis to ensure we see the elimination of viral hepatitis in Australia. Register for #VH2025: www.hepatitis.org.au/registration...
Last chance to donate this financial year. Make a difference today and donate to claim your tax time benefit.
Every dollar you donate before 30 June will change a life.
Donate today to help end the HIV epidemic in the Pacific and support peer counsellors like Rebecca.
hivepidemic.burnet.edu.au
Every dollar you donate before 30 June will change a life.
Donate today to help end the HIV epidemic in the Pacific and support peer counsellors like Rebecca.
hivepidemic.burnet.edu.au
June 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Last chance to donate this financial year. Make a difference today and donate to claim your tax time benefit.
Every dollar you donate before 30 June will change a life.
Donate today to help end the HIV epidemic in the Pacific and support peer counsellors like Rebecca.
hivepidemic.burnet.edu.au
Every dollar you donate before 30 June will change a life.
Donate today to help end the HIV epidemic in the Pacific and support peer counsellors like Rebecca.
hivepidemic.burnet.edu.au
Today on World Microbiome Day, we’re shining a spotlight on the vaginal microbiome — a critical, yet often overlooked, pillar of women’s reproductive and overall health.
Learn more about our work on the vaginal microbiome in our efforts to transform women's health: www.burnet.edu.au/research/pro...
Learn more about our work on the vaginal microbiome in our efforts to transform women's health: www.burnet.edu.au/research/pro...
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Today on World Microbiome Day, we’re shining a spotlight on the vaginal microbiome — a critical, yet often overlooked, pillar of women’s reproductive and overall health.
Learn more about our work on the vaginal microbiome in our efforts to transform women's health: www.burnet.edu.au/research/pro...
Learn more about our work on the vaginal microbiome in our efforts to transform women's health: www.burnet.edu.au/research/pro...
Fiji is facing the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the Pacific, with the highest incidence of new cases in the region.
Your donation can help us build a network of peer-based counsellors and community support to help people live better lives.
Please donate today: hivepidemic.burnet.edu.au
Your donation can help us build a network of peer-based counsellors and community support to help people live better lives.
Please donate today: hivepidemic.burnet.edu.au
June 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Fiji is facing the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the Pacific, with the highest incidence of new cases in the region.
Your donation can help us build a network of peer-based counsellors and community support to help people live better lives.
Please donate today: hivepidemic.burnet.edu.au
Your donation can help us build a network of peer-based counsellors and community support to help people live better lives.
Please donate today: hivepidemic.burnet.edu.au
Today, we stand in solidarity with the Support. Don’t Punish global campaign — calling for drug policies to be grounded in human rights.
At Burnet, we’re dedicated to achieving better health for everyone through evidence-based science.
Read about our work: www.burnet.edu.au/research/hea...
At Burnet, we’re dedicated to achieving better health for everyone through evidence-based science.
Read about our work: www.burnet.edu.au/research/hea...
June 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Today, we stand in solidarity with the Support. Don’t Punish global campaign — calling for drug policies to be grounded in human rights.
At Burnet, we’re dedicated to achieving better health for everyone through evidence-based science.
Read about our work: www.burnet.edu.au/research/hea...
At Burnet, we’re dedicated to achieving better health for everyone through evidence-based science.
Read about our work: www.burnet.edu.au/research/hea...