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New position supports NDIS access for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples living with a disability
Last month, the Federal Government announced funding of $5.9 million over the next two years to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have better access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As part…
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Congratulations AH&MRC RTO Graduate Celia Griffen!
“I am thrilled to attain my Aboriginal Healthcare Worker (AHW) Certificate III qualification. It has definitely been a journey for me, juggling work, education and becoming a mum again for the 6th time to my…
Read More NSW Government regrettably misses the mark to meet Closing the Gap Targets
The New South Wales (NSW) 2020 – 2021 budget raises questions about whether the NSW Government can genuinely partner with the Aboriginal health sector. The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) is disappointed that…
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My Health Record: Providing patients with coordinated health care services
Do your patients find it hard to keep track of their medical results, hand-outs, doctors’ notes and other important paper documents? Do they see a specialist only to realise they are a little unsure of…
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My Health Record: Your Health in Your Hands
Do you have lots of medical documents? Ever found it hard to keep track of medical results, hand-outs, doctors’ notes and other important paper important papers? Have you gone to see a new GP only…
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Your Care. Our Mob.
As Aboriginal people, many of us believe you are born from the earth to walk the earth, and when the time comes, your Spirit returns to the earth. How you return to the earth, and…
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Innovative #swab4mob campaign launches to encourage COVID-19 testing and keep Aboriginal Communities safe, healthy and strong
The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC) have partnered with The National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners (NAATSIHWP) and other Aboriginal organisations to launch #swab4mob; a…
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My Money Dream fosters financial knowledge and literacy at The Glen
The team at The Glen Centre are a passionate bunch. Helping people be their best self is what motivates them. Their successful 12-week drug and alcohol rehabilitation program includes individual and group counselling on education…
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AH&MRC urges the NSW Government to address the mental health needs of Aboriginal people
The AH&MRC calls on the NSW Government to address the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing needs of Aboriginal people across NSW in the upcoming budget. In 2019 – 2020, Aboriginal people in NSW…
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AH&MRC’s NAIDOC Week Portrait Series
AH&MRC’s NAIDOC Week Portrait Series celebrates the skills, strength and diversity of Aboriginal people working in the Aboriginal community-controlled healthcare sector The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) NADIOC Portrait Series profiles five Aboriginal people who have each made a significant contribution to…
Read More Government must act immediately to transform the justice system for Aboriginal people
In the past few weeks we have seen the inquest into the death in custody of Nathan Reynolds who died following an asthma attack, the conviction of a police officer for the assault of an…
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Always Was, Always Will Be – What NAIDOC Week’s theme means to Phillip Naden
As a young 47-year-old man, yet to hit the milestone of eldership, I reflect on two times in my life that feel worlds apart; my youth and now. Always was Always will be were not…
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AH&MRC make a trip to Tharawal
On Thursday 29th of October 2020 AH&MRC visited Tharawal Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS). The visit was planned so that Sector Support and the Public Health and Intelligence Teams could share the projects they’ve been working on…
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What is Rheumatic Heart Disease?
To many Australians, Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a foreign concept, a disease most will have never heard of. However, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, RHD continues to pose a very real and present threat….
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AH&MRC supplies hand sanitiser and reusable cloth face masks to NSW Aboriginal Communities
Hospital grade hand sanitiser and reusable, cloth face masks will be distributed to Aboriginal Communities in NSW by the Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) through their 47 Member Services. “These protective measures remind Communities…
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