Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Scientists and researchers from Indonesia and Australia have been collaborating in a dengue transmission reduction project, the Australian Embassy here said on its official website on Tuesday.
Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Greg Moriarty congratulated the scientists and researchers from Indonesia and Australia involved in the project.
"This is a wonderful example of scientific collaboration between close neighbors with a common public health challenge. I hope that together with their other international partners they can reduce dengue transmission in Indonesia, Australia and around the world," Moriarty said.
Current project sites include Australia, Brazil, China, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Eliminate Dengue Indonesia was officially launched in September 2011 and is a collaboration between Yayasan Tahija, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
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The international collaboration led by Professor Scott O'Neill from Monash University, Australia, is investigating whether Wolbachia can be used as an effective bio control strategy to disrupt dengue transmission to people. (*/DWA)
