Dr Garry Warne AM MBBS FRACP recently retired from the medical staff of the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne where for 19 years he was Director of Endocrinology and Diabetes and for 13 years, the Director of Royal Children’s Hospital International. In the latter role, he directed a number of major health service capacity-building projects in Vietnam and Indonesia, and initiated a project in Vietnam to promote the inter-sectoral development of child protection policies and resources.