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Tuberculosis

Combatting the TB Epidemic Grant Program

The Combatting the TB Epidemic Grant Program has been developed to support the fight against Tuberculosis (TB) in regions most afflicted by the disease.

The Grant Program is funded through The John Burge Trust Fund and The Thelma June Warren Donation.

The John Burge Trust Fund is a perpetual private charitable trust established in 1940 from the Will of Mr John Burge to ease the suffering from, support the treatment of and prevent the spread of TB.

The Thelma June Warren Donation is a sub-fund of the State Trustees Australia Foundation established in 2023.

Type of Grant Round: Open by invitation/ inquiry

Grant Round Dates: Monday 31st July to Friday 25th August, 2023

What are the objectives?

a) to support the fight against TB in regions most afflicted by the disease

b) to aid and help those who are suffering, or have suffered from, TB and who by reason of the disease are disabled

c) to provide funds to implement programs for identifying and treating those persons who are at a higher risk than other members of the population of having or contracting TB

d) to provide funds to implement educational programs to inform health workers about the prevention, recognition, and treatment of TB

Past Recipients

Financial Year Organisation Title Amount
FY22/23 Maluk Timor Australia Enhanced Contact Tracing & TB Prevention in Timor-Leste $80,163
FY22/23 The University of Melbourne (Doherty Institute) TB RECOVERY II– pilot scale up of nutritional support for recovery of people affected by TB in Nepal $59,472
FY21/22 Maluk Timor Australia Detecting, Treating & Preventing Tuberculosis in Timor-Leste $58,500
FY21/22 The University of Sydney – Office for Global Health Child TB and Lung Health capacity building program in Vietnam $58,500
FY21/22 The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research & Public Health TB Education and Counselling (TEC) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea $58,000
FY20/21 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Strengthening implementation of the management of household contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Mongolia $58,500
FY20/21 The University of Melbourne (Doherty Institute) TB RECOVERY: nutritional support for families affected by TB in Nepal $68,312
FY19/20 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Implementation of screening and management of household contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases in Mongolia $47,990
FY18/19 The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research & Public Health Ltd Family-Based TB Care and Prevention in Papua New Guinea (FAB-TB PNG) $69,000

 

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