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  • Indigenous health initiatives win national awards

    Posted: September 9, 2004
    The following summary has been adapted from the 24 August 2004 National Institute of Clinical Studies media release. The Cochrane Users Award was established by the National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS), Australia’s national agency for helping close gaps between best available evidence and current clinical practice. Among winners in the second annual award were: […]

  • Be Active Australia: A Health Sector Framework for Action 2005 – 2010

    Posted: August 23, 2004
    The following summary has been adapted from the Be Active Australia section of the National Public Health Partnership website. The draft Be Active Australia – a National Physical Activity for Health Action Plan (now renamed Active Australia: A Health Sector Framework for Action 2005 -2010) was released in April 2004 for consultation. Consultations took place […]

  • Aboriginal Health Conference 2004 – Partnerships for Better Health

    Posted: July 20, 2004
    The Aboriginal Health 2004 Conference – the third in a series of biennial conferences held in Perth, Western Australia – was conducted 1 – 2 July. The 2004 conference theme – Partnerships for Better Health – recognises the importance of various groups working together to improve the health of Aboriginal people. Conference delegates from across […]

  • New Medicare health checks for Indigenous Australians

    Posted: July 1, 2004
    The following summary has been adapted from the 5 May 2004 Department of Health and Ageing media release Indigenous Australians continue to have a life expectancy approximately 20 years less than the community average. Regular health checks help reduce or prevent serious illness. The Australian Government has introduced a new Medicare funded health check for […]

  • National Review of Indigenous Environmental Health Workers: input requested

    Posted: June 16, 2004
    The National Review of Indigenous Environmental Health Workers is currently underway. It was initiated in response to several major reports that have highlighted the need to improve environmental health conditions to reduce disadvantage among Indigenous Australians. Identified priorities encompass safe and healthy living conditions, including basic rights to clean water, functional sewerage and safe food […]

  • Launch of The health of Aboriginal children and young people

    Posted: June 3, 2004
    (The following summary has been adapted from information provided by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.) The health of Aboriginal children and young people was launched on 3 June 2004 at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Western Australia (WA). The report is the first volume of findings from the Western Australian […]

  • Links to Commonwealth Budget 2004-05: information of relevance to Indigenous health

    Posted: May 12, 2004
    Federal Treasurer Peter Costello delivered his ninth Commonwealth Budget on Tuesday evening, 11 May 2004. The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health. Full Budget details Full Commonwealth Budget details are available at the official Budget website. Health and Ageing Portfolio Budget 2004 – 2005 2004-05 Portfolio Budget Statements […]

  • An Indigenous focus at the World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Melbourne 2004

    Posted: May 10, 2004
    Health2004: the 18th World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education was held on the land of the Kulin nation of peoples in Melbourne from April 26-30. The conference theme – Valuing diversity, reshaping power: exploring pathways for health and wellbeing – included an explicit focus on Indigenous health. It offered a unique opportunity to […]

  • Professor Ian Anderson – first Aboriginal Australian Chair of Indigenous Health, University of Melbourne

    Posted: April 23, 2004
    The following summary has been adapted from the 14 April 2004 University of Melbourne media release The University of Melbourne has recently established a Chair of Indigenous Health, and has appointed one of Australia’s leading Indigenous health experts, Professor Ian Anderson, to the position. The Head of the School of Population Health, Professor Terry Nolan, […]

  • Healing Hands: Indigenous Health Rights Campaign 2004

    Posted: March 4, 2004
    A campaign for Indigenous health rights, by Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), was launched in Sydney on February 19, 2004. The Healing Hands initiative is led by a group of eminent Indigenous Australians advising ANTaR, including Patrick Dodson, Prof. Lowitja O’Donohue and Dr. Bill Jonas. The campaign seeks to raise awareness of Indigenous […]

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