Torres Strait Islander Health
James Cook University is celebrating the homecoming of Professor Roianne West, a Kalkadunga and Djunke woman, who joins the University as Professor of Nursing and Midwifery, based on her ancestral Cou...
Having Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the health sector leads to better health outcomes for mob, a sector peak boss says. It's why a scholarship supporting Indigenous students and tr...
Applications for Australia's largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health scholarship program have opened for 2026. The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship, established to honour the legacy of D...
An Aboriginal-led study aiming to reduce injury rates and improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has received a $5 million National Health Medical Research Council (NHMRC)...
Lila Pigliafiori knows the power of having an Indigenous healthcare provider in community. Her mother was a nurse and Aboriginal health worker, and also inspiration for herself to enter the field.
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet's annual Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2024 was released Monday, providing a summary of the most recent indicators of the heal...
Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people need to travel more than an hour to visit a primary health care service. There are 131 of 412 Indigenous areas where more than 200 people live...
Almost half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a chronic health condition, with those living in remote areas more likely to be affected, according to the Australian Bureau of Statist...
A scholarship named in honour of a significant leader in Indigenous health and wellbeing, Dr Arnold 'Puggy' Hunter, is set to transition to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community control.
Indigenous Australians living in remote areas are 2.4 times more likely to be hospitalised for respiratory diseases compared with those living in major cities.
The keys to the first of 80 properties refurbished under the Northern Territory's $100 million Restoring Funding For Homelands program have been handed over.
Indigenous health professionals from across the NT have been recognised at the 2022 Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner Worker and Practitioner Awards.
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