New calls for wider implementation of Birthing on Country
Birthing on country is a culturally safe experience for women and families and could reduce the number of babies being born too early and dying in their first months.
Creating Value at Galambila Aboriginal Health Service
Kristine Garrett is an Aboriginal woman from Central Queensland with ancestral ties to the Wulli Wulli and the Darumbal people of the region.
Daniel James: Why I am opting out of My Health Record
Yorta Yorta man, Daniel James explains why he will be opting out of the government’s My Health Record scheme.
Tania Lewis: Just my story – part 5
The NDIA have turned my beautiful family’s life upside down…
Janine Mohamed: #BecauseOfHerWeCan
CATSINAM CEO and Narrunga Kaurna woman, Janine Mohamed celebrates NAIDOC week and the extraordinary Aboriginal nurses that have worked to serve their people.
Tania Lewis: Just my story – part four
There was a time when I woke up there was four church women sitting beside my bed who were watching me and praying over me whilst I slept…
Tania Lewis: Just my story – part one
I cried and he cried and he held me crying, then he told the nurse that I understood him and could respond by blinking. They didn’t believe him at first, but they eventually asked me questions, and I responded to them all.
Gadrian Hoosan: When water is death
The day before yesterday I poured a glass of water from my tap in our town camp and gave it to my granddaughter – I did not know it then, but there was poison in that water.
Karen Wyld: Aboriginal health services have been around since the 1970s, and the sky hasn’t fallen yet
Over the past few months, some mainstream media outlets have attempted to stir up a hornet’s nest about health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Karen Wyld explains.
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