It is time to come together, as mates, and improve access to CAH supplies and care for #EVERYchild so we #LeaveNoChildBehind.
@MATES4Kids (Maximising Access To Essential Supplies for Children) is a coalition of like-minded organisations and individuals committed to collaborative action aimed at identifying, implementing, monitoring and sharing practical solutions to reduce the preventable mortality associated with childhood non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in resource poor settings.
Our VisionEvery child living with CAH around the world might enjoy the highest quality of life possible.
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Our ObjectivesFocus on efforts to improve access to essential medicines and equipment, strengthen community development, and scale newborn screening.
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Our CommunityWe come together to meet, connect, exchange knowledge, advocate, and raise awareness of issues facing the NCD community.
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@MATES4Kids is pursuing multistakeholder, collaborative action on an unprecedented scale.
Our Stories
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Since it's inception, the stakeholders of @MATES4Kids have shared and continue to share a variety of success stories in each of our priority areas of focus. From shipments of essential medicines to the creation of new community support groups, we move closer and closer to reaching the goal of reducing preventable CAH mortality.
Read more about our worldwide efforts here. |
Latest News
Our parallel event at the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) is quickly approaching! Register now to join us on March 19 (New York) / March 20 (Australia)!
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@MATES4Kids is an international movement committed to reducing the preventable mortality associated with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). CLAN (Caring & Living As Neighbours) is the founding Secretariat of @MATES4Kids and this Activity Report captures key initiatives and achievements of the movement from January 2022 to June 2023.
Acknowledgement of Country. In the spirit of reconciliation, @MATES4Kids acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and the connections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to land, sea and community. In particular, we acknowledge the Wallumedegal Peoples of the Eora Nation, on whose land CLAN (Caring & Living As Neighbours) is headquartered. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations leaders around the world.
Acknowledgement of Country. In the spirit of reconciliation, @MATES4Kids acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and the connections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to land, sea and community. In particular, we acknowledge the Wallumedegal Peoples of the Eora Nation, on whose land CLAN (Caring & Living As Neighbours) is headquartered. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations leaders around the world.
CLAN is an Australian-based, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO), approved by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Overseas Aid Gift Deductibility Status (OAGDS) and the Australian Taxation Office for Tax Deductibility Status. CLAN is fully compliant with the Australian Council For International Development Code of Conduct. CLAN was founded in 2004 and has been in formal association with the United Nations Department of Global Communications (previously known as the United Nations Department of Public Information for NGOs) since 2010, and in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC since 2018.
CLAN is committed to full adherence with the ACFID Code of Conduct as it provides guidance and support that strengthens the ethical and transparent management of CLAN’s activities to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people living with NCDs and other chronic health conditions in resource poor communities, be they in Australia or abroad.
CLAN is committed to full adherence with the ACFID Code of Conduct as it provides guidance and support that strengthens the ethical and transparent management of CLAN’s activities to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people living with NCDs and other chronic health conditions in resource poor communities, be they in Australia or abroad.