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Plans for Indigenous Community-led Governance Council to tackle kidney disease
The National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce is inviting Aboriginal...
Giovanni Torre 10 Feb 2026
Coles match funds raised by Wiradjuri artist's work for $80,000 for Purple House remote dialysis treatment
Coles have made a donation to help Indigenous Australians in remote areas with k...
Jarred Cross 4 Aug 2025
Dialysis on Country changes lives on Mornington Island
For two years, Lardil man Frank Watt was forced to live more than 800km away fro...
Joseph Guenzler 7 Apr 2025
The Gathering: a unique and powerful conversation to transform Indigenous kidney care
More than 120 people from across the country will come together next week for th...
Giovanni Torre 13 Feb 2025
'Essential, lifesaving treatment’: More dialysis units on the way to remote First Nations communities
First Nations people in isolated areas of the Northern Territory, Queensland and...
Callan Morse 14 Nov 2024
New renal dialysis units announced for remote Australia

Three new renal dialysis units have been announced in remote Western Australia and Queensland which the federal government says will allow First Nations people with severe kidney disease better access...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 17, 2024
New Coober Pedy renal dialysis clinic aims to close the kidney health gap

Indigenous people with severe kidney disease will have better access to lifesaving treatment with the opening of a new Coober Pedy renal dialysis clinic on Tuesday.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 18, 2024
Antibiotics shortage impeding infectious kidney disease treatment in Yarrabah

Medical professionals in far north Queensland are facing a challenge in treating an infectious kidney disease outbreak due to a shortage of the preferred medical treatment.

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Nov 30, 2023
Medical Journal shines light on crisis in Indigenous kidney health

Recorded rates of kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplantation among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have risen over the past 40 years and are consistently higher than rates for n...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 16, 2023
World Transplant Games kick off in Perth, addressing the major disparity in organ donations among First Nations communities

The World Transplant Games in Perth have been used to highlight the disparity faced by Indigenous Australians who face five times the risk of kidney disease and a lower chance of receiving organs.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 18, 2023
New guidelines developed to tackle one of the biggest killers of Indigenous people

New guidelines to improve the diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been launched in a bid to tackle one of the country's biggest kill...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 19, 2022
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