The HRC has announced $58.7m in funding for its 2013 funding investment into issues that impact the most on the health of New Zealanders.
These include a research programme that will investigate the potential of a skin lesion-causing virus contracted from sheep to offer new treatments for skin wounds and burns; a project which uses a breakthrough video game-based treatment for ‘lazy eye’ or amblyopia that can be delivered by iPod Touch, and which preliminary results show is effective in improving the sharpness of vision and 3D vision of both children and adults; and a comprehensive school-based programme to help reduce the burden of asthma for Māori children.
This year the HRC is funding 33 projects worth a total of $33.9 million and five programmes worth more than $24.8 million.