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The FASD Hub brings together the latest evidence-based content about alcohol, pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Australia.
Intended primarily for health professionals, researchers, policymakers and educators, the FASD Hub also provides content relevant for people with FASD and their families, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and women who are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding
Launched in September 2017 to mark FASD Awareness Month, the FASD Hub was created in recognition of the need identified by the FASD Technical Network for a unique resource providing locally relevant Australian information about alcohol and pregnancy and FASD.
Between 2017 and 2019, the FASD Research Australia Centre of Research Excellence (CRE), led by the University of Sydney and Telethon Kids Institute, partnered with Menzies School of Health Research, the National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Australia (NOFASD) and the Australian and New Zealand FASD Clinical Network to develop and manage the FASD Hub.
In 2019, a consortium of eight organisations, with the support of the FASD Research Australia CRE, submitted an application and were successful in obtaining a grant under the Department of Health Drug and Alcohol Program. In 2021 this funding was again extended until 2026, with Telethon Kids Institute as the fundholder.