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 […]
Remote art centres are hubs of happiness and western health systems could learn from them, an Indigenous health and well-being researcher has said. Bidjara woman Maree Meredith, the first PhD graduate of the Flinders Poche […]
Raising resilient children can be a key way to prevent drug and alcohol issues later in life, according to experts. Steven Allsop, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University in Western Australia, […]
The biggest ever study of health and wellbeing among Indigenous adults will be launched Thursday. Among the data to be collected by researchers is the impact of historical policy decisions such as the Stolen Generations […]
Five Aboriginal medical services and the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth will receive more than $4.6 million to target potentially deadly rheumatic heart disease in hot spots across Australia, as a new app to fight […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018
