THE prevention of fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASD) has
been given a boost this week with
the announcement of funding for a
FASD initiative in Western
Australia’s remote Fitzroy Valley.
Part of a wider community-led
strategy developed by local
Indigenous women to address the
diagnosis and prevention of FASD
in their community, the Lililwan
Project kicked off with funding from
a philanthropist, and saw the
development and use of a medical
history checklist to obtain info
about antenatal exposures, early
life trauma, health and
development from parents and
carers of all children born in 2002
or 2003.
The second stage now green lit
with a National Health and Medical
Research Council grant will involve
a multi-disciplinary assessment of
the health and development of the
children surveyed in Stage 1.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 11 Nov 11 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 11 Nov 11
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NEW research from the Monash Addiction Research Centre has highlighted a critical shortfall in the availability of Naloxone, a life-saving medication that reverses opioid overdoses, across community pharmacies in Australia’s most populous states.
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