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  • The Government announces free hepatitis A vaccine for Indigenous children

    Posted: August 15, 2005
    The following summary has been adapted from a media release and information for the general public provided by the Department of Health and Ageing. The Commonwealth Government will be providing free hepatitis A vaccine from 1 November 2005 for all Indigenous children aged five years and under living in Queensland, the Northern Territory, Western Australia […]

  • Students from the Centre for Aboriginal Studies attend HealthInternet workshop

    Posted: July 19, 2005
    The HealthInfoNet conducted a HealthInternet workshop on 4th May 2005 in our new location at the School of Indigenous Australian Studies, Kurongkurl Katitjin, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley, WA. Participants in the workshop included Indigenous primary health care and mental health students, from all around Australia, studying at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin […]

  • The Government announces free health check-ups for Indigenous children

    Posted: July 19, 2005
    The following summary has been adapted from media releases provided by the Minister for Health and Ageing, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and the ABC The Commonwealth Government has announced a new Medicare-funded annual health check for all Indigenous children from birth to 14 years of age. The new health check will be […]

  • Launch of The social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people

    Posted: July 1, 2005
    The following summary has been adapted from media releases and information provided by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research) The social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people was launched in April 2005 at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Western Australia (WA). It is the second volume of findings […]

  • Healthy start to life: projects to address the health of Indigenous mothers, babies and children

    Posted: June 7, 2005
    Introduction The Australian Government has announced funding worth $6.5 million over five years for four research projects under the Healthy start to life initiative. The projects have the potential of improving the maternal, infant and childhood health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The call for expressions of interest for project funding was made […]

  • Joann Schmider: new Director for the Indigenous Support and Development Branch of the Department of Child Safety in Queensland

    Posted: May 24, 2005
    The following summary has been adapted from the Minister for Child Safety media release, 7 April 2005 and the Child Safety Reform Blueprint The Department of Child Safety in Queensland recently announced the appointment of Joann Schmider to the position of Director for the Indigenous Support and Development Branch based in Cairns. The Indigenous Support […]

  • Links to Commonwealth Budget 2005-06: information of relevance to Indigenous health

    Posted: May 12, 2005
    Federal Treasurer Peter Costello delivered his tenth Commonwealth Budget on Tuesday evening, 10 May 2005. The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health. Indigenous Budget 2005 The Australian Government Indigenous Budget 2005 provides information on Indigenous spending across all Government portfolios. View Indigenous Budget 2005 contents webpage View document […]

  • Wes Miller: new Manager of Indigenous Health Program at the Fred Hollows Foundation

    Posted: April 20, 2005
    The following summary has been adapted from the ABC and Fred Hollows Foundation media releases, 1 March 2005 The Fred Hollows Foundation recently announced the appointment of Wes Miller as Manager of its Indigenous Health Program. The program works with local partners and has a specific focus on nutrition, child and maternal health, literacy, and […]

  • The 8th National Rural Health Conference – Central to health: sustaining well-being in remote and rural Australia

    Posted: April 1, 2005
    The 8th National Rural Health Conference, 10 -13 March 2005, was the largest ever public meeting on remote and rural health. Held at Alice Springs Convention Centre, Northern Territory, it was attended by 1,100 delegates from around Australia including health service providers, students and consumers. The conference was organised by the National Rural Health Alliance […]

  • United Nations announces Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People

    Posted: February 3, 2005
    The following summary has been adapted from the ABC Message Stick media release, 5 January 2005 (view media release) Just days after the end of the first International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People in December 2004, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly announced the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People would commence […]

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