Erin Walker – The Conversation

Fake medicines are a lucrative global business. When it comes to malaria drugs that don’t work, they can be deadly. AP Photo/Martin Mejia

April 24, 2018

Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many

Jackson Thomas, University of Canberra; Erin Walker, University of Canberra; Gregory Peterson, University of Tasmania, and Mark Naunton, University of Canberra

Each year, 500,000 people die of malaria annually, a preventable disease. Most of them children in Africa, where many anti-malarial drugs are fake or substandard.

Impetigo happens when itching causes the skin to break and let in disease-causing bacteria. from shutterstock.com

December 11, 2017

Why simple school sores often lead to heart and kidney disease in Indigenous children

Jackson Thomas, University of Canberra; Erin Walker, University of Canberra; Gregory Peterson, University of Tasmania; Nathan M D'Cunha, University of Canberra; Asha Bowen, The Kids Research Institute Australia, and Julia K. Christenson, University of Canberra

While school sores – or impetigo – is a treatable condition, if left untreated it can lead to much more serious illness such as kidney and heart disease.

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