By Branwen Morgan

Australians are known to be good at cheering on their sports teams and incredibly generous in times of crisis, as reflected by the level of public giving after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Yet philanthropic funding for health and medical research is relatively low by international standards. Researchers now hope to improve this situation with the implementation of several new capacity-building initiatives. (Click here to continue reading)

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