Aboriginal Health

Victorian dental therapist Natalie Bright is enjoying a 12-month contract with the Northern Territory Department of Health (NT DoH) after completing two, three-week placements

More than 150 kids from the NT's remote north-east Arnhem Land who have been sniffing toxic aviation fuel have elevated blood lead levels, health officials say.

Cultural safety should be embedded into Australia’s health practitioners’ legislation to drive culturally safe health services that achieve better health outcomes

University of Queensland researchers are working to improve the care of Aboriginal and Torres

A renowned kidney specialist who has been working to close the gap in Indigenous health in the Northern Territory for more than 30 years will deliver the first Charles Darwin

Dr Tedros Adhanom, a front runner to be the next WHO chief, says incentives for doctors to work in remote communities is essential to ensure indigenous health.

The Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) awarded Dr Margaret Niemann, a General Practitioner (GP) from Bairnsdale, Victoria, the organisation’s annual Annette Walker Award

A major study into the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has found programs and policies to promote healthy weight should target children as young as

The benefits of ‘Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands’ has received endorsement from a wide-ranging investigation of Australian primary health care services.

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A pioneering Birthing on Country maternity services program will increase and support the Indigenous maternity workforce, expand culturally competent maternity care, and establish

Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely than non-indigenous people to suffer from diseases, most of which are preventable, a report shows.

A report has found there is an "unacceptably" high number of Aboriginal children in WA who haven't had their births registered.

A new report showing the high rate of suicide among indigenous people in WA's Kimberley region has led to calls for better suicide prevention strategies. 

Leading experts in cancer care have gathered in Adelaide to explore a range of issues aimed at better treating the thousands of sufferers of the disease.

Kangaroo lasagne and kangaroo rendang curry with bush tomatoes. These dishes are proving to be a key ingredient to healthy living for some of Australia’s

Indigenous women are twice as likely to develop cervical cancer, and four times more likely to die from it, a new report says. Indigenous women

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A urine test can predict progression of kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, say researchers. A simple urine

A pharmacy has opened in the remote north Queensland indigenous community of Yarrabah for the first time in 20 years. Residents in Australia's