Federal Government funding confirmed for the establishment of an Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM). Its research programs confront northern Australia's major health security risks, tackle its worst health outcomes, develop better ways to deliver health services to remote communities and contribute to the development of northern Australia through research, knowledge infrastructure and commercialisation of research findings.

AITHM has since expanded its presence to Townsville, Cairns, Mackay and the Torres Strait. For more informaiton vist