Author:
Thomas Hannah M. M.,Enkel Stephanie,McRae Tracy,Cox Victoria,Kessaris Heather-Lynn,Ford Abbey J.,Famlonga Rebecca,Newton Rebekah,Amgarth-Duff Ingrid,Whelan Alexandra,Bowen Asha C.
Abstract
Achieving healthy skin requires the prevention of infectious diseases that affect the skin. Prevention activities range from environmental health improvements to address inequities in living situations, through to community-wide treatment programs to reduce transmission and improve skin health. In this paper we discuss the pathogens that cause and conditions that arise when skin is infected, the burden of disease in northern Australia, and some of the current research underway to address this high burden, which predominantly affects remote-living Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.
Subject
Microbiology (medical),Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Microbiology