Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

is made aware that Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) affects as many as 1 in 250 Australian children, and that its associated eye disease is the leading cause of childhood blindness in Australia today;

(2)

recognises the physical, emotional, and financial burden that this chronic disease places upon the family unit;

(3)

calls for the establishment of:

(a)

a national database for JIA, so that early diagnosis and professional support can be given to these families through the Australian Paediatric Rheumatology Group; and

(b)

the implementation of specialised clinics with Visiting Medical Officers at major regional hospitals throughout Australia.

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