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Windsurfing Adventure Raises $26,000 for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector
Rod McEwin has a passion for windsurfing, the Murray River and playing his part to help improve the health outcomes of Aboriginal people in NSW. In 2006, Rod set sail on a windsurfing adventure down…
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Support for National Agreement on Closing the Gap
AH&MRC welcomes the new National Agreement on Closing the Gap as a historic shift to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ life outcomes. The National Agreement signals a turning point in the relationship between…
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SMART Recovery Training Q&A
What is your position at Armajun Aboriginal Health Service? My name is Natasha Hunt and I am a Social and Emotional Wellbeing and Drug and Alcohol Caseworker at Armajun Aboriginal Health Service in Inverell. Why…
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Trauma Informed Practice Online Workshops
In collaboration with Kyanga Cultural Consultancy (KCC) we delivered 4 online workshops on the topic of Trauma-Informed Practice in June. The workshops were highly successful with a high turnout rate and an engaged audience across…
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Public Health Alert: COVID-19 cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel in Casula, Sydney NSW
NSW Health have confirmed 13 new COVID-19 cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel located in Casula, a suburb in Sydney’s South West region. There are significant concerns that these cases increase the risk of Community…
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There’s never been a better time to quit: WNTD and beyond
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is celebrated around the world on May 31st, and this year AH&MRC supported the day with a campaign to encourage our community that “It’s never been a better time to…
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Q&A with Your Health Your Future Ambassadors Marlee and Keely Silva
Q: Why is Aboriginal health important to you and what made you want to become active in this space? If this point in history has taught us anything, it’s that our health is absolutely vital….
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Message update from NACCHO CEO Pat Turner on COVID-19 advice for Black Lives Matter protesters
“Mass gatherings where people are close together are high-risk for spreading COVID-19,” said Pat Turner, CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. “It has been recognised that COVID-19 poses a serious risk to…
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How to stay COVID safe this long weekend
It is important that everyone stay’s safe, healthy, and strong over the long weekend. COVID-19 and the flu are still highly infectious and may be spread by close contact with other people, and Aboriginal people…
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Awabakal AMS Tackling Smoking During COVID-19
COVID -19 certainly provided some challenges in the delivery of our programs and services. As more social distancing restrictions came into place to stop the spread of COVID-19, the more innovative we became in looking…
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SCMSAC Helps Local Communities to Quit Smoking through Indigenous Smoking Program
The Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) Team at the South Coast Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation (SCMSAC) works to promote the harms and risks of smoking in 13 Aboriginal Communities from Gerroa on the South Coast to…
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WAMS changing the way we do business
Staff at Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service (WAMS) are on the frontline, helping to protect the local Walgett community from COVID-19 since late January. They have been working very closely with other local agencies in the…
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National Sorry Day & Reconciliation Week 2020
On National Sorry Day, May 26, we remember the Stolen Generations whose lives were devastated by past Government policies and practices to forcibly remove Indigenous children them from their families and Communities in the name of…
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BHP Vital Resources Fund gives $3.3 million for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations
BHP’s Vital Resources Fund will provide more than $3.3 million (AUD) in funding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander controlled community health services across Australia, as part of new partnerships established to support communities through the…
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Wellington AMS gives 700+ flu shots to Community
Within a few weeks of receiving supplies of the annual flu vaccination, the Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service (WACHS) provided over 700 vaccines to the local community. Clinic doctors and staff worked above and beyond…
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