Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can expect to live at least 10 years fewer than other Australians. Babies born to Aboriginal mothers die at more than twice the rate of other Australian babies, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience higher rates of preventable illnesses such as heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes.
Is this the Australia you want? If you have a Conference, Workshop Funding opportunity or event and wish to share and promote contact. We also want to know what areas of health you think money should be spent on to improve the health of people living in the bush. If you are 18 years of age or older, and live outside of a major city, we would like to invite you to complete our 10 minute survey. All responses are confidential and responses will be compiled together and analysed as a group.
The survey will remain open until the 21 st March. My Life, My Lead is a new online public consultation portal to highlight the issues that support or impede Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have good health. The Minister for Indigenous Health, Ken Wyatt AM, MP, said that the launch of the new portal will give more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people an opportunity to lead the discussion about the life they live now, and the life they want in the future for themselves, their families and their communities.
The Australian Government is committed to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and communities, and other stakeholders to improve progress against the goals to improve health outcomes for Indigenous Australians, and is welcoming participation in the IPAG Consultation from a broad range of stakeholders. You can have your say by taking part in the online submission to the IPAG consultation The online submission will be open from Wednesday 8 March and will close Applications will open on 6 March , and will be accepted from organisations and individuals throughout Australia.
Applications will not open until 9am on Monday 6 March At this time, you will be able to apply and access funding guidelines at www. NSW is linguistically diverse with over 35 Aboriginal languages — all currently critically endangered. Not-for-profit community groups are encouraged to apply via www. By supporting attendance at the ASM or Winter Symposium, the Grant aims to provide the recipient with an opportunity for professional development and:.
These free forums are designed for people with disability, their families and carers, people working in the disability sector and anyone else interested in all things NDIS. Please register for tickets and notify the team about any access requirements you need assistance with. All the venues are wheelchair accessible and Auslan interpreters can be available if required. Please specify any special requests at the time of booking. Every Australian Counts is the campaign that brought about the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Now it is a reality, the team are focused on engaging and educating the disability sector and wider Australian community about the benefits of the NDIS and the options and possibilities that it brings. Register now and hold an activity of your choice in support of health equality across Australia. More information and Register your event. Indigenous Eye Health at the University of Melbourne would like to invite people to a two-day national conference on Indigenous eye health and the Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision in March The conference will provide opportunity for discussion and planning for what needs to be done to Close the Gap for Vision by and is supported by their partners National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Optometry Australia, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and Vision Australia.
Collectively, significant progress has been made to improve Indigenous eye health particularly over the past five years and this is an opportunity to reflect on the progress made. The recent National Eye Health Survey found the gap for blindness has been reduced but is still three times higher. The conference will allow people to share the learning from these experiences and plan future activities. The conference is designed for those working in all aspects of Indigenous eye care: from health workers and practitioners, to regional and jurisdictional organisations.
The Indigenous Ear Health Workshop to be held in Adelaide in March will focus on Otitis Media middle ear disease , hearing loss, and its significant impact on the lives of Indigenous children, the community and Indigenous culture in Australia. Invited speakers will include paediatricians, public health physicians, ear nose and throat surgeons, Aboriginal health workers, Education Department and a psychologist, with OM and hearing updates from medical, audiological and medical science researchers.
The program will culminate in an address emphasising the need for funding that will provide a consistent and coordinated nationwide approach to managing Indigenous ear health in Australia. Those interested in attending may include: ENT surgeons, ENT nurses, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, audiologists, rural and regional general surgeons and general practitioners, speech pathologists, teachers, researchers, state and federal government representatives and bureaucrats; in fact anyone interested in Otitis Media.
Download the PDF brochure sa-workshop-flyer. The conference will encourage strengths based presentations relating to Indigenous health teaching and learning, curriculum development and research; community engagement; and the recruitment and graduation of Indigenous students in the health professions. The health gap exists largely as a result of decades of government inaction and a continuing lack of appropriate medical services.
A recent report on Close the Gap shows the Australian Government is not meeting many of the planned targets. In honour of Close the Gap Day, headspace Darwin acknowledge the ongoing and many harmful impacts of colonisation in Australia and subsequent government policies, including the removal of people from their families, their lands and their cultures that continue to threaten the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
We understand these to be contributing factors to the key areas of disadvantage and crisis that too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffer.
It was first observed in as a joint venture between Australia's top public and health organizations. The campaign was a response to the poor health outcomes among indigenous groups in Australia.
Studies have shown that the life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is years lower than that of non-Indigenous Australians. The main aim of National Close the Gap Day is to make people from both indigenous and non-indigenous backgrounds aware of this problem and work towards finding ways to solve it. High life expectancy is not just a health issue, but it is also a human rights issue.
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