Links

• Children's Hospitals in Australia:
  • The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (RCHM), Australia
  • Children's Hospital Westmead (CHW), Sydney Australia
  • Sydney Children's Hospital (SCH), Australia
    
    

• Hoc Mai Foundation
• RMIT
• Grameen Foundation Australia
• Royal Children's Hospital International (RCHI)
  
  

• National Hospital of Pediatrics (Hanoi)
• Children's Hospital 1 (Ho Chi Minh City)
• Children's Hospital 2 (HCMC)
  
  

• Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
  
  

• Philippines General Hospital
  
  

• National Institute of Child Health
  
  
  
• Other Organisations interested in chronic health conditions in children
  
  • The Council for Children & Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions
  • Comer Children's Hospital, The University of Chicago
  • La Rabida Children's Hospital, Chicago - their mission is to provide care to children with lifelong medical conditions
• Professional Organisations:
  
  • Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society (APPES)
  • Indian Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology (ISPAE)
  • Australasian Padiatric Endocrinology Group (APEG)
• Diabetes-related organisations
  • International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
  • Life for a Child (LFC)
  • International Insulin Foundation (IIF)
  • Insulin for Life (IFL)
  • Diabetes NSW
  • Betachek Australia
• CAH Support Networks
  • CAH Support Group Australia Incorporated
  • CAH Support Group of New Zealand (CAHNZ Trust)
  • Climb CAH UK Support Group
  • CARES Foundation
  • The Adrenal Hyperplasia Network
  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Message Board - Education and Support Network
  • Chat forum for young people with CAH
• Autism-related organisations
  • Autism Spectrum Australia (ASPECT)
  • The Autism Research Centre
  • First signs
  • Autism speaks - it's time to listen
  • Childbrain.com - the Pediatric neurology site
  • Raising children network - the Australian parenting web-site
  • http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/disabilities/services-help_child_autism.htm
• Access to Essential Medicines in Developing Countries
  • Impact of Availability of Oral Hydrocortisone on Growth of Children with CAH . Indian J Pediatr [serial online] 2005 [cited 2005 May 11];72:301-303.
  • Increasing access to essential medicines in the developing world: UK Government policy and plans
  • MSF: Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
  • Affordable access to essential medication in developing countries: conflicts between ethical and economic imperatives
  • World Health Organisation and Essential Medicines
  • UN Millennium Project: World has Resources to Bring Essential Medicines to Poor
• Health Information
  • Hesperian Foundation
  • Webtretho - a forum for families to talk (Vietnamese)
  • WHO Global Report - Preventing Chronic Diseases: A Vital Investment
  • WHO Chronic Disease & Health Promotion web-pages
  • WHO Document - The Adolescent with a Chronic Condition
  • JAMA Article - Chronic Diseases of Children (Vol. 297 No. 24, June 27, 2007)
  • JAMA Article - Definitions and Measurement of Chronic Health Conditions in Childhood: A Systematic Review 2007;297(24):2741-2751 
  • ARCHI - Ambulatory Care Coordination (ACC) Program for children with chronic conditions - Australian Resource Centre for Health Innovations