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The CEO Report | November 2023

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! Welcome everyone to the second-last newsletter for the year. The past month has been filled with new developments.  We completed our first ever podcast series in which patients, carers and clinicians shared with you all their very personal experiences with ME/CFS and Long

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Attention Carers!

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex and disabling disease that affects many parts of the body, including the brain and muscles, as well as the digestive, immune and cardiac systems, among others.

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Emerge Australia Calls for Better Telehealth Access for Vulnerable Patients

Published: 1 November 2023 Emerge Australia, the national patient organisation for people living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID, says a recommendation to reduce access to telehealth services further disadvantages people already struggling to access health care. The Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Advisory Committee (MRAC) has supported the removal of initial non-GP

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The Australian Seniors News article: Call for Long COVID sufferers to join research effort

Published: 19 October 2023 An Australian registry of people living with debilitating Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) will be expanded to include people with Long COVID. AusME Registry and Biobank, a collaboration between national patient advocacy organisation Emerge Australia and universities, is recruiting people with post-infection diseases to join research efforts to find a cure

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Press Release: Official launch of the AusME Registry and Biobank

Published: October 12 2023 AusME Registry and Biobank expands research into ME/CFS to include Long COVID Call for participants to help unlock the mystery of invisible illness A registry of people living with debilitating Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) will be expanded to include people with Long COVID. AusME Registry and Biobank, a collaboration between

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The Medical Republic article: Long COVID debuts on ME/CFS registry

Published: 18 October 2023 Emerge Australia, a national advocacy group for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, is partnering with universities across the country to expand its research to long COVID as well as ME/CFS by inviting people over 12 years old with post-infection diseases to enrol on the AusME registry “People can join the AusME registry

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The CEO Report | October 2023

Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! At the time of writing this introduction to our newsletter I am dumbfounded as to how quickly the end of the year has come around.  Do you know it is only 83 days to Christmas?  That is so scary given the work to

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