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NHMRC opened the Targeted Call for Research (TCR): Oral Health Care in Australia 2024 on 20 November 2024. Applications closed on 12 February 2025.
The Targeted Call for Research (TCR): Oral Health Care in Australia 2024 aimed to support research into better understanding the apparent gap in the translation and implementation of effective population-level oral health (including health services) interventions. Oral health needs to be considered as an integral part of general health and embedded in the primary care setting. The design and implementation of interventions and policy changes based on this research would reduce overall health system demands and costs in the long-term.
In the 2000s, rising annual Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) diagnoses in Australia highlighted the need for developing new ways of preventing HIV transmission. Researchers at the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) Kirby Institute and the Centre for Social Research in Health conducted a series of NHMRC-supported studies demonstrating the effectiveness of antiretroviral medicines in preventing transmission. Their work guided the successful scale up of HIV treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), resulting in substantial declines in HIV infections in Australia and ensuring Australia remains a global leader in HIV prevention.
Dr Prashant Bharadwaj's innovative research and work is paving the way for new treatments and offering hope to families affected by dementia.
The Guidelines for Guidelines Handbook is designed to help guideline developers produce high quality guidelines that meet the NHMRC Standards for Guidelines
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