Juvenile Arthritis Foundation Australia LimitedRegistered

The company s principal activities in the course of the financial year to support families, politically advocate to improve services & raise research funding for children with juvenile arthritis included: The launch of the landmark program Juvenile Arthritis: Early Diagnosis Early Intervention Changing Children s Lives in March 2024. JAFA received federal government funding to build a program supporting GP s and other health professionals to promptly identify juvenile arthrities and shorten the currently unacceptable delays in diagnosis and commencement of treatment. Continuing development of the Australian Juvenile Arthritis Registry (AJAR) for 024 year olds with juvenile arthritis and related childhood rheumatic diseases which was launched in Australian Parliament House in March 2023 The release of the results of JAFA s IMPACT Study in October 2023, the first detailed national survey of the mental, physical, social, and financial costs of juvenile arthritis and childhood rheumatic diseases in 025 year olds in Australia Holding Juvenile Arthritis Week March 1724 2024, a national awarenessraising campaign for juvenile arthritis and childhood rheumatic diseases