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The Chronic UTI Australia website came about after a small group of Australian women met online through their own experiences with chronic urinary tract infections. By networking and sharing research information, resources and personal experiences over several years, it was decided this information and knowledge would be complied and made available to others searching for answers to their own ongoing urinary symptoms. In 2017 the Chronic UTI Australia website came to life. As interest grew, in 2018 we made it official and became an incorporated association, followed by endorsement by the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission (ACNC) in 2019 as a registered health promotions charity (HPC).* In 2022-23 we conducted a large survey of our patient community to better understand the impact chronic UTI has on people’s lives. You can read the ‘Hearing Patient Voices’ survey report here.
Our mission is to put urinary tract infection (UTI) on Australia’s public health agenda by advocating for awareness, recognition, education, research, and improved testing and treatment for ALL forms of UTI. Ultimately, we want to stop the underdiagnosis of UTI so that chronic UTI does not develop and cause needless suffering that so often destroys lives.
Our goals are to:
Read more about the work we have been doing to meet our goals in our 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 Annual Reports by clicking here.
In 2020 we were pleased to join forces with Sarah Willmott, founder of Feel Better Box and Joode, to tackle the growing problem of urinary tract infections. You can learn more about Sarah here.
We have chosen to hold memberships with the following organisations
*The volunteers behind Chronic UTI Australia do not have medical training or qualifications.
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