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Each year on 24 March, the global community marks World Tuberculosis (TB) Day to raise awareness of the ongoing impact of TB and accelerate progress towards eliminating the disease. The day commemorates the discovery of the TB bacterium by Dr Robert Koch in 1882 and provides an opportunity to reflect on the work still needed […]

We honour the remarkable legacy of Dame Professor Marie Bashir AD CVO, who served with her husband, Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC as Patrons of the Australian Respiratory Council with extraordinary generosity and grace for a 13-year period (2001 to 2014). Dame Marie was a tireless champion for health, education, and social justice. Her lifelong commitment

World TB Day observed annually on March 24, amplifies the urgency of ending tuberculosis (TB) — the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB continues to devastate millions globally, inflicting severe health, social, and economic consequences on individuals, communities and countries. This year’s theme, Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver, is a bold call for

ACTnet and ARC Nursing Research Webinar 2pm – 3.15pm AEST Thursday 10th October, 2024 For further information about the webinar please go to the following flyer link. To join the webinar please use the following link: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88290574446?pwd=rpsUeSUbyjYJfJk4SgvqKGqq0WHu3p.1 Back to News

The ARC congratulates Professor Paul Foster on his appointment as the Executive Director of The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research.  Professor Foster will take up the role in August, 2024 following the retirement of widely respected asthma researcher Professor Emerita Carol Armour AM, who has been the Woolcock’s Executive Director for the past 12 years.

Join us in marking a pivotal moment in the battle against TB this World TB Day, March 24, 2024. Following the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB in September 2023, we’ve witnessed unprecedented progress: a record 7.5 million people were diagnosed with TB, out of an estimated 10.3 million people with the disease in 2022,

Join us as we hear from dedicated nurses who present case studies from their work with communities impacted by TB across Australia. For more information download the PDF:https://www.thearc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Poster_TBNursing_Webinar.pdf . Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/tbnursing Back to News

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Programme is launching a new online platform to track progress in the development of new treatment regimens, vaccines as well as operational research projects designed to improve TB prevention, treatment, and care. The TB research tracker will serve as a single access point consolidating the latest information on

In advance of the 2023 UN High Level Meeting on TB, the World Health Organization (WHO) has expanded the scope of the WHO Director-General’s Flagship Initiative to fast-track progress towards ending TB, over the period 2023-2027. The focus of the initiative will be on ensuring universal access to prevention, care and the latest tools and technologies to