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FASD Hub AustraliaCarol Bower MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Honorary Emeritus Fellow 08 6319 1813 carol.bower@thekids.org.au Senior Principal Research Fellow;
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Prevalence and profile of Neurodevelopment and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) amongst Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communitiesEarly intervention services are needed to support developmentally vulnerable children in remote communities.
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Language diversity, language disorder, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among youth sentenced to detention in Western AustraliaLanguage diversity and the prevalence of language disorder associated with FASD among a representative sample of youth sentenced to detention in WA
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$9M NHMRC funding boost for child health researchThe Kids researchers have been awarded over $9 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding towards child health research including rheumatic heart disease, respiratory infections, and autism spectrum disorder.
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Comorbidities and confusion: addressing COVID-19 vaccine access and information challengesEarly in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, evidence emerged that individuals with chronic and immunocompromising conditions faced increased risk of severe infection, including death. The Australian Government and public health authorities prioritised these citizens' access to vaccines, including them in phase 1b of the rollout from 22 March 2021.
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Collaborating to prevent killer diseases in PNGFor more than a decade, The Kids Research Institute Australia and Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research have been fighting against killer infectious diseases.
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Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterobacterales, Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From Bloodstream Infections in Australian Children, 2013–2021Gram-negative bloodstream infections are associated with significant morbidity and mortality in children. Increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is reported globally, yet efforts to track pediatric AMR at a national level over time are lacking.
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CORONAVAX – Preparing Community and GovernmentChristopher Blyth MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD Centre Head, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases
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Postsepsis Care Needs in Children and Families: Single-Center, Codesign Qualitative Research from Western AustraliaSepsis, for children and their parents, is a life-altering illness with far-reaching psychosocial and physical impacts. We aimed to explore the needs of such patients and their parents after hospital admission for sepsis to inform the development of a Western Australian postsepsis care service.
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Improving Health Outcomes in the Tropical North: A Multidisciplinary Collaboration (HOT NORTH)‘Improving Health Outcomes in the Tropical North’ will strengthen partnerships with key research institutions across the NT, Qld, WA, NSW, Vic and SA, by undertaking an integrated research agenda that will help close the gap in Indigenous health disadvantage, protect the north from emerging infectious threats and