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The University of Otago has been awarded health research grants totalling $650,000 to help improve the reporting, management and treatment of tuberculosis in Indonesia.
The infectious lung disease is the third-highest cause of death in Indonesia, with more than one million cases reported across the country in 2014-15.
Medical researchers from the Otago Global Health Institute in Dunedin have received a $450,000 grant from the Health Research Council of New Zealand and the e-Asia joint research programme for their three-year project in Indonesia.
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