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HPN Awareness Week 2020 is here!

HPN Awareness Week 2020 is here! There are three easy ways to be involved and celebrate with us… PNDU’s 2020 Awareness Week Video This is us. PNDU’s 2020 Awareness Week Video….not-your average-year for not-your-average group! Our members got busy indoors and online to bring you this video. Please enjoy and share with your friends, family …

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A new issue of Dripline is out!

The May-July 2020 issue of our newsletter, Dripline, is out now and available here or from our Dripline page. With this issue, we sadly farewell two precious members of PNDU, Lara and Aiden, who both lost their battle with their health issues. Aiden’s mum has written a tribute to him. In this issue we look at …

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A new issue of Dripline is out!

The February-April 2020 issue of our newsletter, Dripline, is out now and available here or from our Dripline page. Dripline’s last issue, in January, was written during our country’s severe drought and dreadful, wide-spread bushfires. This issue is being written during an international crisis, and our hearts go out to all those who are suffering in …

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A new issue of Dripline is out!

The November-January 2020 issue of our newsletter, Dripline, is out now and available here or from our Dripline page. The November to January issue normally celebrates a happy time of year – Christmas, New Year’s and summer. However, along with the happy events, this issue also remembers two of PNDU’s members who sadly lost their battle …

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PNDU Retraining Article- now in print!

We are very proud here to announce that PNDU’s article on Retraining of HPN users is now in print in a bona fide medical journal! The article titled  “Retraining of Home Parenteral Users in Australia and New Zealand: a consumer audit” by Karen Winterbourn et al was published in the October 2019 issue of Vascular Access …

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A new issue of Dripline is out!

The August-October 2019 issue of our newsletter, Dripline, is out now and available here or from our Dripline page. This is a very busy time for PNDU’s Management Committee and HPNers, as it includes both PNDU’s AGM and Awareness Week, the time that we are able to consciously try to inform the general public about living …

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PNDU’s Annual Report & Officeholders for the year

At PNDU’s Annual General Meeting today, the following officeholders were elected: NEW President – Chris NEW Vice President – Gillian Secretary & Public Officer – Miranda NEW Treasurer – Belinda Committee Members – Fay and Ryan We’re delighted to welcome Belinda and Ryan to the Management Committee, and to share PNDU’s Annual Report 2019 (also …

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A new issue of Dripline is out!

The May-July 2019 issue of our newsletter, Dripline, is out now and available here or from our Dripline page. In this issue we farewell and interview PNDU’s President, Karen, after 10 years in office; Jodie’s inspirational series of 3 articles about coping with a life of intestinal failure on HPN concludes; member Sonya writes of the …

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Exciting international news: the international patient voice is registered and eager to be heard on living life with Home Artificial Nutrition

As a founding member of PACIFHAN, since 2014 PNDU has been working alongside Home Artificial Nutrition (HAN) support groups from a number of countries. We are delighted to share this media release from PACIFHAN announcing its registration as an international non-profit association. PNDU looks forward to PACIFHAN’s future and more opportunities to collaborate at the international level …

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