Indigenous Health
A new study has examined how Cape York families experience and respond to stillbirth, highlighting the importance of culturally appropriate care, family, ceremony and community support.
The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory has urged the broader community services sector to put Aboriginal community control into practice by embedding it in their own policies, pro...
A serious health condition is quietly causing a major impact in Indigenous communities. Huntington's disease is a genetic, degenerative, fatal neurological condition.
Three Indigenous health professionals have been named recipients of the 2026 Ian O'Rourke Scholarship, supporting work to improve patient safety and culturally safe care across NSW Health.
Increasing representation in the medicine workforce can't just be about numbers, it's about ensuring their careers are successful ones, for themselves and their communities.
Research led by an Aboriginal general practitioner and PhD student at the University of Western Australia has led to the development of culturally safe Aboriginal women's menstrual health resources.
Djangadi woman Bianca Rickert has been named Vocational Student of the Year at the 2026 Queensland Training Awards Tropical North Region final while studying nursing and working in aged care on Thursd...
A new $3 million national research centre will focus on improving ear health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded t...
The Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association (AIDA) has announced the appointment of Phillip Saunders as Chief Executive Officer for the next 12 months.
Anna Westcott wanted to study occupational therapy since seeing her brother in sessions when she was about 10 years old."My brother was born at 23 weeks and was constantly in and out of hospital, so w...
Endometriosis surgery in Australia is increasingly being performed in private hospitals, according to new national data, in a system where Indigenous patients rarely reach private care.
Remote First Nations communities and homelands across Northern Australia will set up new, or upgrade existing, community laundry facilities, aimed in-part at targeting preventable illnesses.
Northern Territory Labor MLA Chansey Paech has warned parliament that a poorly implemented voluntary assisted dying regime could stop Aboriginal people in remote communities walking through the door o...
