David N. Durrheim

Mar 1, 2024 | thelancet.com | David N. Durrheim

1 A call to accelerate an end to human rabies deaths. Progress towards the 2030 goal of eliminating dog-mediated rabies has stagnated with nearly 60,000 children continuing to lose their lives annually due to this vaccine-preventable disease.

Mar 1, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | David N. Durrheim |Peter Murray |Nikki Turner

Measles is a highly contagious vaccine-preventable infectious disease that remains an important global health threat. World-wide there has been a resurgence in measles case numbers during 2023, posing an imminent threat to Australasia.

Nov 12, 2023 | newcastleherald.com.au | David N. Durrheim

Dr David Durrheim. Picture by Marina NeilCOVID-19 is on the rise again and it's clear we're entering another wave. We don't know the exact number of cases - it is no longer required that people register their positive RATs and fewer people are having a COVID-19 PCR test when they get symptoms, so the numbers appearing in testing statistics represent only a small proportion of the real number of infections in our communities.