Anonymous
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Search
Editing
Australia
(section)
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
Namespaces
Page
Discussion
More
More
Page actions
Read
Edit
Edit source
History
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===National Health and Medical Research Council=== The [http://nhmrc.gov.au NHMRC] funds health and medical research, and develops health advice & guidelines. It is part of the [[Australian Government Department of Health]]. In 2018 the NHMRC appointed an ME and CFS advisory committee<ref>{{Cite news |url =https://meaustralia.net/2018/04/23/australian-governments-me-and-cfs-advisory-committee/ | title = Australian government’s ME and CFS advisory committee | date = 2018-04-23|work=ME Australia | access-date = 2018-10-02|language=en-US}}</ref>, including Andrew Lloyd, [[Suzanne Broadbent,]] [[Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik]], and [[Kathy Rowe]]. The committee is advising the government on current research, gaps in research and whether the 2002 clinical guidelines for doctors should be revised.The NHMRC did not put out a call for applications for positions on the advisory committee, unlike the [[United States|US]] [[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]] (HHS) does for it’s former [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee]] (CFSAC). Nor did it follow the UK example and hold [https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/nice-announces-next-steps-in-updating-its-guideline-on-me-cfs workshops with stakeholders] before recruiting a guideline committee. ==== Draft report ==== Feb 18, 2019, [https://consultations.nhmrc.gov.au/public_consultations/mecfs-2019a Consultation on the Myalgic encephalomyelitis and Chronic fatigue syndrome Advisory Committee Report to the NHMRC Chief Executive Officer]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url = https://consultations.nhmrc.gov.au/public_consultations/mecfs-2019a | title = Consultation on the Myalgic encephalomyelitis and Chronic fatigue syndrome Advisory Committee Report to the NHMRC Chief Executive Officer {{!}} NHMRC Public Consultations | last = | first = | author-link = | date = Feb 18, 2019 | website = consultations.nhmrc.gov.au|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2019-03-02}}</ref><blockquote>The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Myalgic encephalomyelitis and Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) Advisory Committee (the Committee) is releasing the draft ''ME/CFS Advisory Committee Report to the NHMRC Chief Executive Officer ''(the draft Report)'' ''for public consultation. The Committee invites the Australian community to provide comments on its draft Report (Attachment A) before finalising and providing it to NHMRC’s CEO. The Committee’s report to the CEO will help to inform decisions about what NHMRC can do given its dual role in supporting health and medical research and developing evidence based health advice for the Australian community.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
Summary:
Please make sure your edits are consistent with
MEpedia's guidelines
.
By saving changes, you agree to the
Terms of use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 3.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
This page is a member of 2 hidden categories:
Category:All articles with unsourced statements
Category:Articles with unsourced statements from unknown year
Navigation
Navigation
Skip to content
Main page
Browse
Become an editor
Random page
Popular pages
Abbreviations
Glossary
About MEpedia
Links for editors
Contents
Guidelines
Recent changes
Pages in need
Search
Help
Wiki tools
Wiki tools
Special pages
Page tools
Page tools
User page tools
More
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Page logs