Indigenous Health
Wakai Waian Healing has announced a new leadership model placing cultural governance, clinical governance and operational leadership side by side as the organisation expands its social and emotional w...
For more than four decades Dr Michael John Adams, affectionately known as Uncle Mick, has dedicated his life to improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
A Zenadth Kes aftercare report has been finalised after months of consultation with communities across the Torres Strait. The Wakai Waian Healing Aftercare Steering Committee met on Monday to finalise...
Warnindilyakwa families on Groote Eylandt have experienced the impact of Machado-Joseph disease across generations, with many caring for relatives long before the inherited neurological condition had...
Key points:- University of Queensland aims to double the number of Indigenous students studying medicine by 2030- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students currently make up about 4.
A dip in vaccination rates has been blamed for one of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks as the rare respiratory disease continues to spread.
Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung country music icon Troy Cassar-Daley is urging First Nations people to get vaccinated before winter, as flu, COVID-19 and RSV cases rise across Australia.
A locally-led research project aimed at improving communication between health care professionals and Aboriginal patients has reached an important milestone in the Midwest, with aspirations to expand...
Proud Kuku Yalanji father of five, Nash Snider, who completed a Master's in Social Work after the death of his partner has joined Cooktown's allied health team.
The diphtheria outbreak in the Northern Territory which has overwhelmingly impacted Aboriginal communities has caused at least one death, the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress reports.
In Port Hedland, access to healthcare has never been straightforward. Distances are vast, services are stretched, and for many Aboriginal families, the health system itself can feel unfamiliar and dif...
A new First Nations Economics analysis of the 2026-27 Federal Budget says the Commonwealth has delivered significant targeted investment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, while le...
Spartan First Imaging and its academic partners from Monash University and Edith Cowan University welcomed leading researchers, Associate Professor Ayse Zengin and Professor Josh Lewis, to Kalgoorlie-...