Fundraising Tally
Dollars raised so far by Rompers for Burnet:
$5,762
Top 5 Fundraisers
- Team Awesome ($350.00)
- GTS Racing ($345.00)
- CAZMAMYL ($278.00)
- Swiss Beef ($245.00)
- Without a Cluedo?! ($235.00)
Burnet and the 'Big Three'
Burnet and TB
Every second, someone in the world is newly infected with TB.
One third of the world’s population is currently infected with TB, a highly contagious disease that can spread through the air just like the common cold from people infected.
Rarely seen now in Australia, TB infection rates are on the rise in South-east Asia and Africa, and this infectious disease is now rapidly becoming resistant to many of the drugs currently used to treat it.
What Burnet is doing...
- Research into understanding how drug resistant strains spread within certain populations, especially in areas of Africa and Papua New Guinea.
- Looking at how we can help build the most appropriate health systems to deal with this emerging problem.
- Research into the sensitivity of the bacteria to certain drugs and identifying various strains using molecular markers. This work is important in understanding how and where the particular strains are spreading within communities. By understanding the process we can then implement the most appropriate way of dealing with people infected when they are identified and providing the best treatment and care options for them.
