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Implementing the National Allergy Strategy: From paper to practice

16 August 2018:  To celebrate the achievements of the National Allergy Strategy, a lunch time event “Implementing the National Allergy Strategy: From paper to practice” was held at Parliament House in Canberra today, 16 August 2018. Minister Hunt, Senator Di Natale, Minister Wyatt and Catherine King MP spoke at the event along with National Allergy Strategy Co-chairs...

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National progress in the management of allergies but more work to be done

16 August 2018:  $10 million dollars over five years required to continue important work In the past two years the National Allergy Strategy has been implemented to support the 1 in 5 Australians affected by allergic disease. This important work has involved engaging with many stakeholder organisations, and has been possible due to funding support from the Australian...

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Food allergy prevention project – focus group sessions

10 January 2018 Who are we looking for? We invite you to register your interest to participate if you:  have a young infant (up to 6 months old) and have a family history of allergy; or  have a child with food allergy and are pregnant or are planning to have another child.   Why do it? To help us develop education...

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NAS Project update

December 2017:  Food allergy prevention project  The National Allergy Strategy food allergy prevention project, funded by the Australian government aims to implement the ASCIA guidelines for infant feeding and allergy prevention.  A social marketing company has been engaged to assist with the development of a communication strategy. Focus group...

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