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Skin infections affect physical health and, through stigma, social-emotional health. When untreated, they can cause life-threatening conditions. We aimed to assess the effect of a holistic, co-designed, region-wide skin control programme on the prevalence of impetigo.
Indigenous Australian children suffer the highest rates of impetigo (skin sores) in the world, which can result in serious immune complications including chronic kidney and possibly rheumatic heart disease.
Asha Dylan Janessa Tim Bowen Barth Pickering Barnett BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD FAHMS OAM B.Tech, MPH, PhD BSc PhD PhD Head, Healthy Skin and ARF
Tonsil organ model to evaluate carriage, disease mechanisms and therapeutic interventions for treatment and prevention of Group A Streptococcal infections.