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The first provincial-level human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine program for girls aged 9 to 14 has launched in Papua New Guinea, marking a landmark step in the fight against cervical cancer in a country that has among the highest burdens ...

The role of the Census is to provide a comprehensive snapshot of the makeup of the Australian community. These data are critical for informing a wide range of programs, including those related to health. When populations are invisible ...

Over the last decade, HIV diagnoses in Australia have continued to follow a downward trend, according to new data released today by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney.While there were 722 new HIV diagnoses reported nationally in 2023 – ...

Dr Elke Mitchell, Senior Research Fellow from the Global Health Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, has been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) of $477,266 from the Australian Research Council (ARC). The ...

The Kirby Institute has been awarded a Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) grant of $3 million through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to help control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases in Australia and ...

Australian workers living with long COVID cost the economy, on average, about $9.6 billion in 2022, according to a new study from The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, after rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the potential for further spread.This now triggers a coordinated ...

Data just published online shows a worrying increase in infectious syphilis cases in women living in Australia aged 15–44 (referred to as “reproductive age”) and a subsequent rise in transmission from pregnant parent to child. This is ...

World Hepatitis Day (28 July) is an annual global public health day that aims to raise awareness of viral hepatitis. This year, the theme is “It’s Time for Action”, highlighting the need to encourage individuals, partners and the ...

In celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culture and health research, the Kirby Institute hosted a special NAIDOC Week event on the traditional lands of the Bidjigal peoples at the Kirby Institute on Thursday 4 ...

The 2023 Kirby Institute annual report, which outlines the year’s key successes at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, is now available. The publication highlights the key stats from 2023, as well as updates and success from across ...

The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney welcomes the Federal Budget announcement of ongoing funding to support a Medicare rebate for molecular point-of-care testing for sexually transmissible infections (STIs) in remote communities across ...

Last month, Emily Phillips, Project Manager at the Kirby Institute, was invited as a panellist representing Indigenous people at the Multi-stakeholder Hearing on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), held at the United Nations (UN) ...

A research team led by the Kirby Institute’s Dr Chansavath Phetsouphanh has been awarded almost $1m by the Australian Government Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to further investigate the immune profile and impacts of long COVID to ...

Australia appears to be experiencing a re-emergence of the infectious disease mpox, formerly called monkeypox. Some 40 cases have been recorded so far in 2024, already surpassing the total number recorded for 2023 (26). Victoria has ...

A new research program dedicated to improving sexual reproductive and maternal health in low- and middle-income Asia-Pacific countries has been created at the Kirby Institute. Led by Professor Andrew Vallely, who joined the Kirby ...

Seven Kirby Institute researchers from UNSW Sydney have been awarded a total of $13,141,802 in funding through the NHMRC Investigator Grants Scheme. Announced today by the Minister for Health, The Honorable Mark Butler, the funds will ...

Biomarkers for long COVID that were present in patients at eight months have largely resolved by 24 months among a cohort of people who contracted COVID-19 during Australia’s first wave. Jointly led by the Kirby Institute at UNSW ...