Indigenous health
Closing the Gap targets won’t be met: Productivity Commission
It is becoming increasingly clear that a number of the ‘Closing the Gap’ targets will not be met, according to a Productivity Commission report released today. The Council of Australian …
New focus on Aboriginal heart health needed
The Heart Foundation is calling for a renewed focus on prevention and acute care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in the wake of more damning data on chronic …
PHAA welcomes Implementation Plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
The Public Health Association of Australia has welcomed the release of the Implementation Plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. According to Adjunct Associate Professor Carmen Parter, who is …
New plan to improve the health of indigenous Australians
Minister for Rural Health Fiona Nash has launched an Implementation Plan to help Close the Gap by improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Implementation Plan …
Half of premature deaths are avoidable: AIHW
Of all deaths in Australia in 2012, almost 50,000—or 34%— can be considered premature, according to new data released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Premature deaths …
Health industry stakeholders welcome Ley, Nash, Wyatt
Health industry stakeholders continue to welcome the new Health team in the Turnbull ministry. The Australian Self Medication Industry today welcomed the new health team in the Turnbull Ministry: the …
Highest dementia in world in remote Aboriginal communities
Research by The University of Western Australia’s Centre for Health and Ageing has confirmed that the incidence of dementia in remote Aboriginal communities is the highest in the world, with …
Northern Peninsula kids to get dental research help
Children in the Northern Peninsula Area are about to receive access to a special annual dental treatment and preventive program as part of an innovative research project from August this …
Heart health improves for indigenous people
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that there have been some improvements in cardiac care and lower death rates from cardiac conditions for Aboriginal …
Million dollar boost to One Disease for indigenous life expectancy
Diseases such as scabies, which affects an estimated 70% of children in remote regions of the country may be eased thanks to MSD funding boost to One Disease—a non-for-profit organisation. …
Maternal deaths low, but still too high in Indigenous women
Over the five years 2008–2012, there were 105 deaths from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Australia, with Indigenous women dying at more than twice the non-Indigenous women rate, according …
AHI to apply to Section 100 dispensing: Tambassis
The new Administration, Handling and Infrastructure fee set to be introduced in the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement will apply to Section 100 dispensing, Guild president George Tambassis has told the …