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    Innovative research encouraging vaccinations

    Posted: April 3, 2023

    When we think of ‘research’, we often picture a scientist in a lab peering down a microscope – but it can look very different. Research can involve testing new and innovative ways to encourage...

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    Mirdilyayanthi window mural

    Posted: February 15, 2023

    This public artwork is presented by the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation Arts in Health program in partnership with the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) and the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN)....

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    $10m research investment for healthier mums, babies and children

    Posted: February 13, 2023

    We’re excited to launch the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation Bloom Research Program, which will see a $10 million investment over five years into health and medical research to help create healthier South Australian...

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    Oncology School Liaison Nurse Program

    Posted: January 27, 2023

    Just after settling into his first year of school, Archer was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia – a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. “He was quite well so it...

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    Wrap-around care for vulnerable babies

    Posted: January 12, 2023

    Some of the most vulnerable babies in South Australia will now have access to coordinated care thanks to the new million-dollar Cocoon Program, funded by the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation (WCH Foundation). Cocoon...

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    Hearing the voice of the child through Art Therapy

    Posted: January 11, 2023

    Patients receiving end-of-life care at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH), as well as their families, have the opportunity to explore and express their emotions and communicate thoughts and feelings when they are unable...

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    Events, Supporters,

    Community fundraiser ‘Collab for a Cause’ already making a big impact on our littlest patients

    Posted: January 11, 2023

    The second ‘Collab for a Cause’ event was a huge success and raised over $70,000! ‘Collab for a Cause’ is a night full of food and fundraising organised by Shannon and Nicole Fleming and...

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    Twilight Storytime

    Posted: November 18, 2022

    Once upon a time at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) we celebrated World Prematurity Day with our Twilight Storytime! Staff and volunteers brought in their favourite children’s books to read to families in...

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    Events, Hospital Community, Supporters,

    Another great year for Challenge 21

    Posted: October 31, 2022

    The WCH Foundation’s Challenge 21 was back again in 2022 for its second year! Between 19 September and 9 October, we saw a huge variety of challenges conquered for sick kids and their families...

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    Research,

    Research sheds new light on the onset of type 1 diabetes in children

    Posted: October 24, 2022

    Type 1 diabetes (T1D) affects more than 125,000 Australians with approximately 1 in 480 children, adolescents, and young adults aged 0-19 living with type 1 diabetes in 2020. Currently, once diagnosed, T1D is an incurable...

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