Aboriginal children from the community of Barunga in the Northern Territory have created a catchy new music video called ‘Boom Boom’ to raise awareness for rheumatic heart disease (RHD). RHD is a life-threatening disease caused […]
A post-doctoral research fellow with the Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity Unit has suggested health care professionals should ask Indigenous men how they want to use health services. Dr Kootsy Canuto is based at the South […]
Cancer Australia is encouraging conversations around cancer and its impact within First Australian communities. The organisation’s program, Yarn for Life, is a nation-first, brand new initiative aimed at normalising discussions to limit the emotional impacts […]
Australia’s infectious disease experts are urgently calling for high rates of antibiotic resistance in remote Indigenous communities to be addressed before communities come to a point where there are no treatment options available. Research has […]
Indigenous academics will converge this Friday to launch Ngarruwan Ngadju: First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, on the south coast of New South Wales. Based within the Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI) at […]
The Fred Hollows Foundation is working to close the gap in Indigenous eye health according to their newly released annual Global Results data. Last year the Foundation supported over 1,000 cataract operations and over 16,000 […]
SPONSORED: Coles grows to largest corporate Indigenous employer in just eight years, defying national trend Coles has committed to further increase its Indigenous workforce to more than 5500 team members by 2023, equivalent to five […]
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 […]
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