Tuberculosis in Australia's Top End First Nations highlights health and life expectancy gaps: a call to arms

• Pamela Laird, PhD,
• André Schultz, PhD

Affiliations

Pamela Laird, PhD

Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Northern Entrance, Perth Children’s Hospital, 15 Hospital Avenue Nedlands WA 6009, Australia; Department of Physiotherapy, Perth Children’s Hospital, 15 Hospital Avenue Nedlands WA 6009, Australia; Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth WA 6009, Australia; Corresponding author.

André Schultz, PhD

Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Northern Entrance, Perth Children’s Hospital, 15 Hospital Avenue Nedlands WA 6009, Australia; Division of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Perth Children’s Hospital, 15 Hospital Avenue Nedlands WA 6009, Australia