by Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell | 25 Jan, 2020 | Blog, News, Opinion
* Jack: not his real name. The account of Jack’s travels, including his companions, travel destinations and other details have been modified, but broadly represent the real-life scenario. This is a fictionalised case study designed to highlight the principles of...
by Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell | 3 Nov, 2019 | Blog
At Ausvet, implementing One Health approaches is core to our goal to improve health through applied epidemiology worldwide. To mark World One Health Day this Sunday 3rd November, we thought we would give a bit of background on what One Health is and how it relates to...
by Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell | 9 Aug, 2019 | Blog
Outbreaks of zoonotic diseases pose a challenge for field epidemiologists and other responders. Simultaneous illness and deaths in people and animals require a coordinated response between public health, animal health and environmental health agencies, but most public...
by Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell | 4 Jul, 2019 | Blog
Canberra, Australia – Ausvet announced today that is a winner of a Grand Challenges Explorations grant – an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell at Ausvet will pursue an innovative global health and development...
by Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell | 20 Jun, 2019 | Blog, Events, News
Ausvet senior consultant Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell launched a landmark report on the state of health security in the Indo-Pacific region at the Global Health Security conference in Sydney this week. Health security is about avoiding and containing infectious disease...
