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A leading Indigenous health practitioner has partnered with DrinkWise to urge women to abstain from drinking in the lead up and during pregnancy, as well as breastfeeding, in the lead up to Internatio...
Griffith University's research initiative, aimed at identifying neurodevelopmental disorders in at-risk children and adolescents, has secured a $5 million grant from the Medical Research Future Fund.
I recently attended the CanFASD research network conference in Canada. One of the presenters was talking about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) and, in particular Gene...
The call for (yet another) Royal Commission into poor outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations is not sensible nor would it deliver any new information about how to prevent and ma...
DrinkWise and medical professionals, including prominent Indigenous Health expert Dr. Mark Wenitong, have collaborated to recommend women avoid alcohol before and during pregnancy, as well as while br...
The federal government is investing $18.4 million to help children in central Australia with neurodevelopmental issues. Donna Ah-Chee, chief executive of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, a...
The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA expressed outrage on Wednesday after comments by WA Premier Mark McGowan claiming medical conditions such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder are "just an excuse".
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), supported by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), launched the Strong Born campaign on Wednesday aimed a...
For 43-year-old Ieramagadu (Roebourne) woman Rachel Sampson, her diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder opened the door to work and putting smiles on the faces of mob in the Pilbara.
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