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$26M Kids BonusPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last night pledged at Telethon to fund a landmark $26 million health study that will follow the early lives of 10,000 WA children.
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50 years of magic and funCelebrating 50 years of collaboration between Telethon and ORIGINS.
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Landmark $26m child health study eyes Wanneroo-Joondalup mums and dadsThe Federal Government has joined with the Paul Ramsay Foundation to fund the project, with each pledging $13 million over 10 years.
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Perth kids’ exposure to technology under microscopeThe link between increasing anxiety among young children and too much screen time at the expense of “nature time” will be the focus of a new Perth study.
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Evaluating COVID-19-Related Disruptions to Effective Malaria Case Management in 2020–2021 and Its Potential Effects on Malaria Burden in Sub-Saharan AfricaThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to far-reaching disruptions to health systems, including preventative and curative services for malaria. The aim of this study was to estimate the magnitude of disruptions in malaria case management in sub-Saharan Africa and their impact on malaria burden during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used survey data collected by the World Health Organization, in which individual country stakeholders reported on the extent of disruptions to malaria diagnosis and treatment.
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SToP (See, Treat, Prevent) skin sores and scabies trial: study protocol for a cluster randomised, stepped-wedge trial for skin disease control in remote Western AustraliaSkin infection burden in remote Aboriginal communities can be reduced by the See, Treat, Prevent (SToP skin sores and scabies) trial
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Mental Health Correlates of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Gender Diverse Young People: Evidence from a Specialised Child and Adolescent Gender Clinic in AustraliaCurrent findings indicate that gender diverse children and adolescents with indicated ASD comprise an especially vulnerable group at risk of mental health difficulties
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Decreasing Trends in Mean HbA1c Are Not Associated With Increasing Rates of Severe Hypoglycemia in ChildrenThere have been concurrent improvements in HbA1c and decreasing severe hypoglycemia rates in two pediatric cohorts of type 1 diabetes
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Influenza vaccination in pregnancy among a group of remote dwelling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers in the Northern TerritoryWe examined uptake of inactivated influenza vaccination in pregnancy and report adverse birth outcomes amongst a predominantly unvaccinated group