Children of the Stolen Generations at Cootamundra Training Home for Girls.

Roxon signs off on Indigenous health pledges
Indigenous Australians will have access to the same health services as the rest of the population by 2018, under a Federal Government plan.

The Government is also promising to close the 17-year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by 2030. Health Minister Nicola Roxon will sign the pledges today. "We absolutely have to do everything we can to try and make that happen," he said. The commitment will also be signed by Indigenous health groups. Under the plan, power would be handed to community-controlled Aboriginal health providers.

The Coalition is reluctant to lend its support to the plan. Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesman Tony Abbott says he was given little notice and he was not involved in the wording of the pledge.

"I think it makes a mockery of the Government's so-called bipartisanship to give us these sorts of complex documents with such short notice and expect us to sign on the dotted line," he said.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/20/2194942.htm

Architects impressions of the AH&MRC
Aboriginal Health College

Please click here to watch the Site Dedication Ceremony

Pressing Problems – responding to gambling issues
for NSW Aboriginal communities.

A recently released report has found that gambling is a common activity in Aboriginal communities in NSW and a source of significant problems for individuals, families and communities.

The Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) was engaged
by the Responsible Gambling Fund to conduct a study identifying and
addressing gambling issues and related problems for NSW Aboriginal
communities.
Please click here to download the Media Release

The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales (AH&MRC) is the peak body for Aboriginal health in NSW and is comprised of over 60 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations throughout the state.

The AH&MRC provides vital health and health related services in association with its member organisations and these combined services include:

• Health service delivery

• Supporting Aboriginal community health initiatives

• Development and delivery of Aboriginal Health education

• Research in Aboriginal Health

• Collecting, evaluating and disseminating Aboriginal health data

• Policy development and evaluation

• Project and program planning, implementation and evaluation

• Ethical evaluation of Aboriginal Health research and data

• Advocacy and networking

These activities fall within the AH&MRC’s dominant objective to ameliorate ill health, suffering, distress and helplessness in Aboriginal communities by the direct provision of primary health care, including social and emotional well being services and support programmes for Aboriginal communities.

The AH&MRC hopes that this website will answer most questions you have about the role and activities of the AH&MRC. Aboriginal Community Controlled Health services (ACCHS's) are continually being established throughout the state and the organisation is growing rapidly and continually expanding its activities . Please contact us if you require more information

79 graduates were awarded Diplomas and Statements of Attainment in four disciplines from health and vocational education at the Inaugural Graduation Ceremony of the AH&MRC Aboriginal Health College on Wednesday evening, 18th July 2007.

38 of these Graduates were able to attend the Ceremony personally to receive their testamurs.

Please click here for more information.

National Report on Indigenous Health - ‘Close the Gap’

Australia is ranked bottom of a league table of wealthy nations working to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal peoples, according to a new report published this week by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and Oxfam Australia.

For details of the full report please click here.

To find our more information on Indigenous health, or to pledge your support, visit the Oxfam website

AH&MRC moved

on the 29th September 2006 to…

Level 3, 66 Wentworth Ave

Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

Phone:          02 9212 4777

Fax:              02 9212 7211

Post:  P.O. Box 1565 Strawberry Hills 2012

Email:           ahmrc@ahmrc.org.au

Web :             www.ahmrc.org.au