The final report from Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC’s) ME/CFS Advisory Committee, established in late 2017, has been released. The committee was tasked with advising NHMRC’s CEO on current needs for research and clinical guidance for ME/CFS in Australia.
Australia’s NHMRC has released the ME/CFS Advisory Committee’s draft report for public consultation. The public consultation process will remain open until Monday February 18, 2019.
Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the Australian equivalent of the NIH, has announced the establishment of an ME/CFS Advisory Committee to advise NHMRC’s CEO, Professor Anne Kelso, on current needs for research into ME/CFS, as well as clinical guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of the illness.
Australian Senator Scott Ludlam asked about the progress of proposals to research ME and CFS and what can be done to educate GPs to prevent harmful treatments.
‘Chronic fatigue syndrome chronically underfunded’, Australian community radio current affairs program.
Australian senator asks medical research council about ‘remarkably small amount of funding since 2000’ and are they funding GET or CBT .
Most of the $2.4 million in research the Australian government says is for CFS is spent on psychology, exercise or for other conditions such as hepatitis C. No studies funded in a decade.
Australia’s Senator Ludlam asks Department of Health what they do for people with ME.
