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Read the full December Newsletter Hello everyone and welcome to this final newsletter for 2024.    This newsletter is filled with information on the latest Emerge Australia news and information on our holiday shut down.    As we wrap up a successful year for Emerge Australia  and our work on your behalf we look optimistically forward

The Emerge Australia team would like to give a heartfelt thank you to Dr Richard Schloeffel OAM as he retires from medical practice and steps down as Emerge Australia’s Medical Director. Appointed at the beginning of 2022, Dr Schloeffel has dedicated his time as Medical Director to the clinical education of GPs and advancing awareness

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! This is our second last newsletter for the year so I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what has been a significant period of growth and resilience for our organisation. The Emerge Australia team has been hard at work, advancing our

As we head towards a busy time of year, many in our community look for ways to manage with the limited energy they have. We also know that these times of year can be difficult for many, with reminders of what you can’t do, missing out on experiences, and challenging family and relationship dynamics.   It’s

Our International Roundup provides a brief snapshot of some of the ME/CFS research funding, clinical care and advocacy actions around the world in the last few months.

Complete our survey!   The Australian Government is currently developing services for Australians with disability who aren’t eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). These will be called Foundational Supports.   There are two parts to Foundational Supports: General Supports: access to information, advice & referrals; as well as individual and community capacity building. Available to those who are and are not

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! We are in the final quarter of 2024 and it’s shaping up to be extremely busy as we charge towards the end of the year. With a federal election in the first half of 2025, pre-budget submissions due, a plethora of government submissions

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! Welcome to spring. In this edition of our newsletter, we highlight some of the exciting initiatives Emerge Australia is undertaking on your behalf around the country.  We are a little over three months away from the end of another calendar year and potentially

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! Welcome to the August 2024 edition of our Emerge Australia newsletter.  I don’t know about you, but do you feel the year is just flying by at a really fast pace?  At Emerge Australia we certainly do, probably because of the volume of

Published: 08 August 2024 The Disability Royal Commission was a landmark moment in the lives of Australians living with disability. Emerge Australia believes the Australian Government’s response to the Disability Royal Commission does not go far enough to address the scale of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability, reflected in the Commission’s

Our International Roundup provides a brief snapshot of some of the ME/CFS research funding, clinical care and advocacy actions around the world in the last few months.

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! Thank you to our wonderful community This is the first newsletter of our new financial year and I want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who donated to our end of financial year (EOFY) appeal. Thank you for your donations and

Receive updates on Health Professional Education opportunities Following the success of our GP education course delivered at GPCE last year, Emerge Australia hosted an updated, CPD GP education series in May 2024 on our Learning Management System. We did this with the support of an unrestricted educational grant from Moderna. 76 GPs and Allied Health

Published: 20 June 2024 ABC’s Ali Moore in conversation with Emerge Australia CEO Anne Wilson about the importance of the governments announcement of funding updated ME/CFS clinical guidelines and what that will mean for the community. Segment starts at 1:57:12 and finishes at 2:12:20 Listen here

Read the full NewsGP article here Published 20 June 2024 The Federal Government will spend $1.1 million to have the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) develop new guidelines for long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). According to a statement from Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler, the guidelines will

Read Minister Butler’s media release Media release: published 20 June 2024 New Hope for Australians battling ME/CFS and long COVID   Emerge Australia, the national patient organisation for people living with ME/CFS and long COVID, has welcomed Federal Government funding to update evidence based clinical guidelines, so health professionals can better diagnose and manage these

Read Emerge Australia’s media release Read Minister Butler’s media release Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! As we approach the end of the financial year for 2023/24, I am delighted to share with you all the monumental decision by the Albanese Labor Government and announced by Health Minister Mark

Read Emerge Australia’s media release OFFICIAL MARK BUTLER MP MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND AGED CARE MEDIA RELEASE BACKING BELIEF WITH BETTER SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC FATIGUE The Albanese Government has heard the calls for better support for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), long COVID and related conditions, with funding to develop new

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! As World ME Day is around the corner we are excited to provide information on what we have been up to since our last newsletter. Check out details on our theme Stop. Rest. Pace. and our 2024 campaign. On Thursday 9 May we

Our International Roundup provides a brief snapshot of some of the ME/CFS research funding, clinical care and advocacy actions around the world in the last few months.

Emerge Australia shares the concerns of ME/CFS patients, carers, researchers and informed clinicians with the release of the updated RACGP HANDI Guide, “Incremental physical activity for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis”. In 2024, ME/CFS patients should not be subjected to harmful and outdated practices. In particular, we note that the updated HANDI guide:  Isn’t evidence-based. It

Access the full survey here Download the full survey here The Department of Health and Aged Care is conducting a public consultation on the refresh of the National Strategic Framework for Chronic Conditions. They are seeking the views of a wide range of stakeholder groups, including people living with ME/CFS, long COVID and other chronic

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! What a month it has been! As most of you already are aware, our Emerge Australia team, with the support of our loyal donors and the Open Medicine Foundation, held a Roundtable event at Parliament House on 27 March 2024. Shining a light

Published: 25 March 2024 Almost a year after a parliamentary committee recommended more funding for ME/CFS support, advocates say the community’s suffering is “being compounded on all levels”. Emerge Australia has called on the federal government to unlock research and funding for those suffering from ME/CFS.The organisation recommends establishing a nationally coordinated research program into

Media Release: 27 March 2024 Sick and Tired: Casting a long shadow long COVID Inquiry 2023   Recommendation 8: The Committee recommends funding be made available for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) research and patient support and that this funding should be allocated in consultation with peak bodies for ME/CFS and with note of the recommendations

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! It’s been an unbelievably busy period in the last month and hard to believe that we are almost at Easter 2024! So much happening and so little time. Below you will read about our Round Table meeting at Parliament House in Canberra on

Published: 16 March 2024 Miquette Abercrombie describes the COVID-19 infection that changed her life as “straightforward”, but what happened afterwards was anything but. Over the 700 days since her infection, which was in April 2022, she said she has experienced hundreds of different symptoms, from fatigue, brain fog, changes to her voice and heart issues.

Published: 18 March 2024 Lynne and Michael Harris have been caring for their son since he developed ME/CFS five years ago. He lies for 24 hours a day in the dark, in silence, wearing an eye mask and earplugs. Any variation to this is a strain on his body, incredibly fatiguing and painful. Dan has

Published: 20 February 2024 It’s been four years since Tim Stannard could smell or taste anything normally, thanks to what he originally thought was “a little flu”.  “It’s debilitating. It’s depressing. Over four years now, I’ve suffered daily symptoms,” he said. Months after returning to Australia, Mr Stannard said his symptoms were getting worse.  

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! Can you believe we are already half way through February 2024? It has been a busy start to a new year that we already know will be filled with many opportunities and challenges for Emerge Australia.     Of prime importance to us