Children's Hospital Foundations Australia

CHFA is a national federation of five children’s hospital foundations including the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Queensland, Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Victoria, Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation, Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation South Australia and the Princess Margaret Hospital and Children Foundation in Western Australia.

CHFA funds raised by Philips and its customers are channeled into paediatric research initiatives ranging from complex laboratory investigations to studies at the bedside, and include specific focus on:

• Burns - developing new treatments to speed a child’s healing, finding ways to stop disfiguring scars, and protecting the quality of life for little patients
• Cancer - laboratory and “hands on” cancer research to find new treatments and cures for kids with tumours, leukaemia and other forms of these life-threatening conditions
• Respiratory - research into asthma, cystic fibrosis and bronchiolitis to improve the quality of life and life expectancy for children
• Viruses - the “bug detectives” track down new ways to rapidly diagnose serious infectious diseases like meningococcal, RSV and whooping cough to save the lives of sick children
• Child advocacy and protection – pouring efforts into protecting children by developing ways to detect, prevent and help kids who suffer abuse or neglect
• Growth and nutrition – a broad range of studies encompassing the impact of nutrition on kids with cystic fibrosis, obesity, end stage liver disease and anorexia nervosa giving real hope.
• Pain Free Treatment – discovering new methods to help sick and injured children without the trauma of pain, especially for children who spend much of their young life in hospital.