ASID signs WSPID Call to Action for Ensuring Fair Prices for All Vaccines for All Countries with Limited Resources
WSPID Call to Action for Ensuring Fair Prices for All Vaccines for All Countries with Limited Resources.
ASID NZ Trainee Prize
The NZ trainee prize winner (for best trainee oral presentation) was Dr Aliya Bryce.
Development of a core dataset guidelines for the reporting of infection events in immunocompromised patients.
Development of a core dataset guidelines for the reporting of infection events in immunocompromised patients
Building the First Australasian Fungal Disease Registry: Rising to the WHO's Call for Data
Building the First Australasian Fungal Disease Registry: Rising to the WHO's Call for Data
EDAM: Electronic clinical Decision support for Acute fever Management in rural South and Southeast Asia
EDAM: Electronic clinical Decision support for Acute fever Management in rural South and Southeast Asia.
ANZPID: A big group passionate about little people
ANZPID - A big group passionate about little people
HOMEFREE: Helping children switch from IV to oral antibiotics, getting them home sooner
HOMEFREE: Helping children switch from IV to oral antibiotics, getting them home sooner
Progress in detecting rheumatic fever
New smartphone app which condenses the national clinical guidelines on rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
Australasian achievements in Infectious Diseases
When ASID was founded in 1976, some incredible milestones had already been reached in the field of infectious diseases and microbiology.
Using technology to reduce unnecessary or poor quality testing
ASID member Dr Max Bloomfield, a New Zealand based Infectious Diseases Physician & Clinical Microbiologist has been working with the team at Wellington Southern Community Laboratories to develop diagnostic, a smartphone app containing recommended best practice approaches to the diagnosis of various infections.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Australian paediatric population
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Archana Koirala (Staff Specialist at the National Centre for Immunisation Research, Clinical Associate Lecturer, University of Sydney) led a team of researchers to track and understand SARS-CoV-2 transmission within schools and early learning centres.
BonE and joint infections – Simplifying Treatment in children trial (BEST trial)
Bone and joint infections in children affect between 3 and 32 per 100,000 children in developed countries and up to 150 per 100,000 in resource-poor countries.
Bloodstream Infection
Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection is one of the most serious bacterial infections worldwide.
Reducing Skin Disease
The work of Assoc Prof Asha Bowen (previous Chair of ANZPID and the 2022 recipient of the Frank Fenner Award) to reduce skin disease has driven breakthrough knowledge and policy change and improved health outcomes in WA and through National Guidelines informed by evidence, across Australia.