Care for children and their families dealing with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is to be expanded in Queensland following new funding for a Griffith University project.
The news follows the recent International Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Day (9 September) when we are reminded that there is no known safe limit of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. The day is about acknowledging the lifelong physical, neurological, developmental and behavioural problems for children if their mother drinks alcohol while pregnant or breastfeeding. These problems are proven and are collectively known as Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
A consortium consisting of the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast University Hospitals, Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, Kummara Association, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (UNSW), the University of the Sunshine Coast and the University of Queensland is being led by Professor Sharon Dawe from Griffith’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland.
$1.37m funding
This will allow for the expansion of the
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