New bladder and bowel web site assists continence management
A new web site titled – www.bladderbowel.gov.au – has been established to promote bladder and bowel health, and also provide information on continence health promotion, early intervention and support for consumers, their families and carers, as well as health professionals, service providers and researchers.
Funding for the site has been made available from an additional $18.2 million provided by the Howard Government in this year’s budget for the National Continence Management Strategy.
It is estimated that about 3.8 million Australians have some degree of incontinence, that more than half a million of these are affected by severe incontinence, and the Government believes it is imperative that additional resources and information are available through the new web site to assist sufferers.
