SPONSORED: The most extensive and comprehensive longitudinal study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and well-being ever conducted in Australia continues to engage communities and spark debate as it asks people some important questions. […]
The Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services (QAAMS) national program is celebrating a 20-year commitment to meeting the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with type 2 diabetes. […]
A new program to support first-time Indigenous mums is being set up at Redbank Plains Community Centre by local Indigenous women in partnership with West Moreton Health. ‘No Buts for Bub’ was created from the […]
An Indigenous researcher has scooped up a major prize at the 2019 World Science Awards. Clare Villalba, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman and PhD student in the Medical Robotics team at Queensland University of […]
Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service is handing the reins of the Elizabeth Hansen Autumn Centre over to the WA Country Health Service due to failed funding negotiations with the Western Australian State Government. The Elizabeth Hansen […]
Spiritual and traditional healing practices are being introduced into Adelaide hospitals as complementary care parallel to mainstream treatments, through a partnership between Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) and Ngangkari healers. It’s a nation-first program, […]
Over $1.6 million of funding for Indigenous health services has been awarded to a non-Indigenous health organisation. Redimed, a private Perth-based company, has been the recipient of an Indigenous Comprehensive Primary Health Care grant worth […]
More inclusive child safety measures are needed, after research from the George Institute of Global Health indicates that despite a decade of closing the gap, the inequities in health between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal children, remain […]
Research conducted by Australian National University and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker’s Association (NATSIHWA) has identified a decline in the amount of Indigenous health workers. The study examined data from the […]
Aboriginal Health Television (AHTV), the world’s first exclusively health-based Indigenous television network, has been officially launched by the Federal Indigenous Health Minister, Ken Wyatt. The network will deliver important health messages and culturally relevant content […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018