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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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Waminda SEWB Wellness Packs
The Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) packs have been created through collaborative discussion with women at Waminda in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our beautiful packs are boxes of items and activities that help people…
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Helping Member Services secure food for communities during COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, access to basic food items has been identified as a high need in Aboriginal communities across NSW. The Centre for Aboriginal Health (CAH), in collaboration with the Aboriginal Health…
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National Indigenous Youth Empowerment Summit
From Tuesday the 25th of February to Friday the 28th of February the AH&MRC attended and supported staff members from Aboriginal Community Controlled Medical Services to attend, the National Indigenous Youth Empowerment Summit in Cairns. The National…
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Connected to Country: #CommunityControl success stories at Galambila
As bushfires and heavy smoke plagued the NSW mid-north coast, Galambila’s connection to Country and community shone through. For weeks last year the skies over Galambila were “almost apocalyptic” as devastating bushfires continued to burn…
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Spreading the message of health – Your Health Your Future at Yabun 2020
It was a sweltering day at Yabun, but none the less AH&MRC and Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern staff persisted in handing out resources and having a yarn with community members about health and the 715 health check. The…
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