The project will look at identifying connections between climate, and the health and well-being of Indigenous people in the tropical north of Australia (source: NASA WorldWind).
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Climate and Indigenous health study receives National Health and Medical Research Council funding
10 December 2010
A team from CCRC led by Dr Donna Green and Dr Lisa Alexander has received funding from the Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) Health Challenges of Climate Change special initiative.
With funding totalling $350,000 over 3 years, the project will look at identifying connections between climate, and the health and well-being of Indigenous people in the tropical north of Australia.
The projects funded under the initiative are jointly funded by the Australian Government’s peak health and medical research funding body, the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
“These grants are part of the Government’s comprehensive climate change strategy which includes investing in research to prepare for the climate change impacts which we cannot avoid,” Mr Combet said.
“The health risks from climate change range from a greater incidence of infectious diseases, and an increase in bushfire-related injuries, to more heat-related death and illness.”
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, said these grants were anessential part of the Australian Government’s plans to bolster health and medical research to improve the well-being of all Australians.
“Climate change is one of the greatest threats we are facing in Australia and it is vital that we support the efforts of our researchers to gain a better understanding of its impact on our health,” Mr Butler said.
Research teams from the Queensland University of Technology and the Australian National University also received funding.
The projects are part of the national research collaboration being coordinated through the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility which is helping to generate the information needed by decision-makers in government and in vulnerable sectors and communities to manage the risks of climate change impacts.
More information on these and other NHMRC grants can be found on the NHMRC website at www.nhmrc.gov.au
Source: NHMRC media release.
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