Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt said the Federal Government was taking seriously the threat of a potentially deadly, sexually transmitted virus estimated to be carried by up to 10,000 people in Central Australia. Top international […]
Five new research projects will target dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt has announced $14 million will be spent on the projects across three states through the National […]
The Waminda health service on New South Wales’ south coast will receive more than $4 million in federal funding for its programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt said […]
A new handbook has been released in the battle to lower the rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women developing or dying from cervical and endometrial cancer. The publication by Cancer Australia was developed […]
The three-year wait for a new kidney may have been the longest of Luritja woman Leanne Maloney’s life. Ms Maloney, who lives in Alice Springs, was just 17 when she was diagnosed with type two […]
Northern Australia is in the middle of the worst outbreak of syphilis in three decades and it’s having tragic consequences, with the recent death of another baby whose mother was infected with the sexually transmitted […]
Australian researchers are working on a way to diagnose acute rheumatic fever and prevent the life-threatening rheumatic heart disease that disproportionately affects Indigenous Australians. The research was made possible by $2 million grant from the […]
Aboriginal people with chronic kidney disease are having to travel hundreds of kilometres for treatment and some are homeless, forced to live in the “long grass”, because of a shortage of accommodation. Patients and their […]
Eight years ago Noongar man Grant Nelson was on the brink of developing diabetes and topped the scales at 115kg when he made a life-changing decision — not to become another heart disease statistic. The […]
Young people in four remote communities in Western Australia’s East Pilbara — where up to 80 percent of community members smoke — have joined forces with filmmakers on a campaign to urge people to give […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018
