The fourth Indigenous Health Twitter festival – #IHMayDay17 was held on the 17 May 2017. #IHMayDay – standing for Indigenous Health MayDay – is an annual Twitter event, which provides a full-day of programming with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people tweeting about health issues. The event is led by James Cook University academic Dr Lynore […]
The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) celebrated the 10 year anniversary of its leadership program by holding the AMSANT Leadership Conference. The conference was held from the 11 -12 May 2017 in Alice Springs, NT. In November 2006, AMSANT commenced its first Annual Leadership Workshop in Alice Springs and has since held seven more […]
IAHA would like to congratulate the recipients of the RFDS Indigenous Health Scholarship Scheme who were announced by Minister for Indigenous Health, the Hon Ken Wyatt yesterday at Parliament House. Minister Wyatt launched the new partnership of the RFDS with the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA), the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues concluded its 16th session on the 5 May2017 with the adoption of a report including recommendations for States, UN bodies and Indigenous peoples. The Forum pointed out progress in realizing the rights of Indigenous peoples since the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples […]
IAHA attended the National Palliative Care Week parliamentary lunch held on the 23 May 2017.National Palliative Care Week is an annual awareness-raising week organised by Palliative Care Australia (PCA). The theme for this year’s National Palliative Care Week is ‘You matter, your care matters. Palliative care can make a difference’. National Palliative Care Week is […]
Download the full report here. Australia’s aging Stolen Generations are still struggling with the impacts of unresolved trauma, and need a new policy approach to assist them and their families to heal. That’s a key finding of a major new report launched by the Healing Foundation. The launch marks 20 years since the landmark Bringing […]
Download full communique here. On 2 May 2017 the first of the Redfern Statement alliance workshops was held on the land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. The Redfern Statement workshop was hosted by the First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN), the peak organisation of and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with […]
MICRRH is hosting the inaugural Outback Allied Health Forum “Realising Potential and Inspiring Change”. The forum presents the collaborative innovations of the many Allied Health Professionals within outback North Queensland. The forum focuses on the themes of realising potential and inspiring change by examining the vast and unique delivery of health services within rural and […]
Next week marks a very important anniversary for Stolen Generations members and their families. It will be 20 years since the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Federal Parliament. This was incredibly significant for Stolen Generations members, and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, as it was the first time this tragic chapter […]
The Close the Gap campaign calls on the Federal Government to prioritise Indigenous health in its May 2017 budget. The Campaign released its 2017 Budget Position, listing nine priorities that will help close the gap in health inequality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. “The Close the Gap campaign priorities are not new. Governments […]
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