Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Medical research centre

Burnet Institute

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9282 2111

Address: 85 Commercial Road 3004 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.burnet.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Ma Sabai’s story (3 of 5) Many girls in Myanmar face considerable challenges managing menstruation, particularly in school. This can have negative impacts on girls’ wellbeing, physical health, and education. It can also have an impact on gender equality and socioeconomic development. Ma Sabai, a 14-year old girl living in Myanmar, has agreed to share her personal experience struggling with menstruation, and how Burnet’s Adolescent Health Program in Myanmar changed her life.... Support Burnet’s Adolescent Health Programs today. https://www.burnet.edu.au/appeals/61

20.01.2022 We're thrilled to receive Victorian Government investment to establish a new hub for infectious diseases and global health in the world-leading Melbourne Biomedical Precinct with The University of Melbourne and The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. The Australian Institutes for Infectious Diseases and Global Health will harness the expertise from across the medical research and public health sector and create the largest and most comprehensive infectious dis...eases capability in Australia, improving the region’s capacity to respond to present and future pandemics and other global health issues. "It represents a safeguard against #COVID-like threats and a much-needed economic driver, Burnet Director and CEO, Professor Brendan Crabb AC said. https://burnet.edu.au/news/1331 Members include Walter and Eliza Hall Institute CSL Murdoch Children's Research Institute

18.01.2022 Ma Sabai’s story (2 of 5) Sharing a tiny 15 square metre home with no private rooms meant Ma Sabai had limited privacy. This was compounded by taboos about using shared household water and soap, which meant that she was using cloths without washing and changing them enough. Ma Sabai, a 14-year old girl living in Myanmar, has agreed to share her personal experience struggling with menstruation, and how Burnet’s Adolescent Health Program in Myanmar changed her life.... Support Burnet’s Adolescent Health Programs today. https://www.burnet.edu.au/appeals/61

16.01.2022 As Melbourne celebrates its first steps into freedom after a long time in lockdown, we have to remember to stay safe. For all of Australia, the lesson from Europe right now is that we are just one bad decision, one slice of bad luck, away from a new #COVID19 bushfire. Burnet's Professor Mike Toole explored the reasons we need to remain careful in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald today.... https://www.burnet.edu.au//1319_covid_19_gap_widens_betwee

15.01.2022 Ma Sabai’s story (1 of 5) For billions of adolescent girls and women around the world, periods are just a normal part of life. But in Myanmar, girls like Ma Sabai are faced with shame, stigma, and taboo not to mention a lack of access to period products and sanitation facilities, particularly in school. These obstacles are having a profound impact on girls’ education, their health and their wellbeing. Ma Sabai, a 14-year old girl living in Myanmar, has agreed to share her p...ersonal experience struggling with menstruation, and how Burnet’s Adolescent Health Program changed her life. Support Burnet’s Adolescent Health Programs today. https://www.burnet.edu.au/appeals/61

14.01.2022 Such a fabulous Australian candidate for the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 2021-24 (CEDAW) - Natasha Stott Despoja. A former Burnet Institute board member and lifelong advocate for gender equality, Natasha has always been a champion of women and girls globally. During her time on our Board, she supported so many of our projects with vulnerable communities, especially those that affected women and girls in Papua New Guinea, Myanmar and Australia.

10.01.2022 Ma Sabai’s story (4 of 5) Burnet’s menstrual hygiene program in Myanmar helped with training and aids to teachers to improve sexual reproductive health lessons in the classroom, and provided private changing rooms and waste bins. We also gave each girl who needed it, including Ma Sabai, a menstrual hygiene kit, which contained pads and other necessary items, with instructions. Ma Sabai, a 14-year old girl living in Myanmar, has agreed to share her personal experience struggli...ng with menstruation, and how Burnet’s Adolescent Health Program in Myanmar changed her life. Support Burnet’s Adolescent Health Programs today. https://www.burnet.edu.au/appeals/61

07.01.2022 There is hope. We have seen scientific communities around the world coming together in a race to develop vaccines, diagnostic tests and therapeutics against #COVID19. Read the stories behind the science that's making a big impact. https://burnet.edu.au/ @KnowC19_Burnet

05.01.2022 Burnet Institute has been acknowledged by RESULTS Australia as the winner of the RESULTS Not-For-Profit Partner Award for 2020. The RESULTS Australia Annual Leadership Awards celebrate and recognise the hard work and commitment of parliamentarians, volunteers, journalists, not-for-profit and corporate partners who support the vital campaigning and advocacy work of RESULTS Australia. Burnet Director and CEO Professor Brendan Crabb AC said the award was a huge honour for the In...stitute. Through hard work and grass-roots advocacy to highlight issues around global poverty and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, RESULTS Australia has helped to achieve millions of dollars being pledged to the Global Fund and to GAVI, Professor Crabb said. It’s also helped initiate program support through DFAT’s Indo Pacific Centre for Health Security, of which Burnet has been a direct beneficiary. We’re absolutely delighted to be able to work with RESULTS with a common aim to improve the health of the most vulnerable, Professor Crabb said.

03.01.2022 We extend our congratulations to Natasha Stott Despoja who was elected overnight to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (#CEDAW). CEDAW is a body of 23 experts from around the world that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Natasha Stott Despoja is the first Australian member on the Committee in 28 years. Natasha is a former Burnet board member and a lifelong advocate for gen...der equality and champion of women and girls. Burnet Director and CEO Professor Brendan Crabb said, Natasha’s commitment to gender equity and ending violence against women and girls is exemplary and she will be a powerful advocate and an impressive and important role model in Australia and globally. We share the same values and determination and will continue to support and advocate for a violence-free world and a commitment to human rights. https://burnet.edu.au/news/1328