DONATE NOW Hi there, my name is Brad Down. I have been working closely with the Karl McManus Foundation for the past year or so to help with their communications, website and social media with the intention of bringing attention to the core issues and breakthroughs happening with tick borne illness in Australia. [...]
Vectosis - Changing the Lyme Disease conversation in Australia What is Lyme Disease? According to the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks. Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called [...]
The Ad Hoc Committee for Health Equity Attendance at the UN and WHO in Geneva - Report The Ad hoc Committee represented stakeholders from the Asia Pacific region, Africa, North America & Eastern, Western & Northern Europe. Members include scientific, medical & human rights experts. Many have worked on borreliosis for two and three decades [...]
A lack of real action following the recent Senate Inquiry into tick-borne diseases in Australia is costing lives according to the Karl McManus Foundation. The not-for-profit organisation is leading the Australian research program into the issue and says that delays to progress will contribute to immeasurable hardships for many Australian patients. A Senate Committee report [...]
The Final Report in full can be downloaded from here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Lymelikeillness45/Final_Report “2.91 The committee recommends that the Australian Government increase funding for research into tick-borne pathogens as a matter of urgency. This funding should include: funding for research on pathogens which may cause infection; funding for research on whether newly-identified pathogens can cause illness in [...]
On 12 November 2015, the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report: The growing evidence of an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme‑like illness for many Australian patients. The terms of reference are: the prevalence and geographic distribution of Lyme-like illness in Australia; methods to reduce the [...]
Last year’s debut of Laugh Against Lyme at Harold Park Hotel was a big hit, so this year we’re back to raise more much needed cash, and this time, we’ve brought one of the world’s best headliners! Lyme disease is a severe relapsing fever and the fastest growing tick-borne infection in the world. Our best, [...]
The annual Karl McManus Foundation charity dinner was held at Doltone House on 3rd June. The event was a great success raising much needed funds for our research facilities. Senator John Madigan spoke about the ongoing inquiry into Lyme like illness in Australia and what the political landscape and understanding is at the political level. There was [...]
