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Report card for the implementation plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023

Posted on: 17 February, 2020
Issue: Vol 20 No 1, January 2020 - March 2020
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Australian Government Department of Health (2019)
Report card for the implementation plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023
Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health

The Report Card for the Implementation Plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023 (the Report Card) outlines the progress made towards achieving the goals within the Implementation Plan with improvements across a range of health and social outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Some key achievements include:

  • all three goals in the maternal health and parenting domain are on track to be achieved by 2023
  • 88% immunisation target for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 1 year olds is on track, to be met by 2023
  • as at 31 December 2018 nationally, 97% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 5 years were fully immunised
  • all goals relating to smoking are on track to be achieved by 2023 and expected to have an impact on the burden of disease over time.

The Report Card acknowledges that while many health outcomes are improving for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, there is more work needed to close the gap in health inequality.

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