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2010 - 2011 News30 June 2011 Children in detention pledge on track, says Bowen; but still there are over 320 children left in immigration detention. 14 June 2011
Read about a project undertaken by AWCH to better understand the needs of children and their families waiting for long periods of time in this kind of setting.
01 June 2011
31 May 2011 ASH Australia Media Release Multipartisan support for plain tobacco packs a breath of fresh air – especially for children. 25 May 2011
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23 May 2011 Help FAHCSIA promote the National Disability Strategy 2010-2020 through your online channels. Contact nationaldisabiltyst@fahcsia.gov.au to indicate your support.
19 May 2011 Detention statistics - Australia's littlest prisoners 07 March 2011 Read the letter AWCH wrote asking the government to release children from detention centres. 01 March 2011 28 February 2011
World Rare Disease Day is a global event held annually on the last day of February. Its main objective is to raise awareness of rare diseases and their impact on not only the kids living with them and their families, but also on the wider community as a whole. 03 February 2011 If you or your group is interested in participating in this wonderful experience please email ivi@connectgroups.org.au 25 January 2011 The Charter on the Rights of Children and Young People in Healthcare Services in Australia, is a joint project of CHA and the Association for the Well-being of Children in Healthcare (AWCH). A copy of the Australian version of the Charter is available on the CHA website.
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World Rare Disease Day Australia 2012 World Rare Disease Day raises awareness about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives. May 2012 Parent to Parent NZ is looking for contacts to connect families who have a child with a disability, health impairment or special need. See if you can help - click here to view the current list of contacts they are looking for. 16 April 2012 The Consumers Health Forum of Australia is currently conducting a project on Quality Use of Medicines among Young People. Part of this project involves an online survey of individuals 17 years old or younger (focussing on young people aged 10 17 years of age) with the aim of gathering information about their attitudes and behaviours regarding medicines and medicine use. To participate visit: 29 February 2011 AWCH attended an event in Sydney’s Martin Place on February 29th that marks World Rare Disease Day 2012. 22 November 2011 AWCH attended the Youth Health2011 – It’s Totally Important Conference in November in Sydney. The conference ran over 3 days and was a wonderful mix of professionals and young people coming together to discuss youth health. AWCH jointly hosted a pre-conference workshop which had a morning session discussing the rights of young people in healthcare and the standards required to protect those rights followed in the afternoon with presentations and discussion about training and workforce development in adolescent healthcare.
Click on the report to read about the workshop, go to www.youthhealth2011.com.au and follow the tweets or check out the program at www.youthhealth2011.com.au/program/conference-program/ 04 October 2011 |
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