Indigenous Health News
A remote Aboriginal community doctor says health services in Indigenous communities like Wadeye are not working.
New Justice Department statistics reveal Northern Territorians drank 4 million litres of pure alcohol in the last financial year.
An Alice Springs action group says there is strong evidence that alcohol sales restrictions have had a bigger effect than the federal intervention.
A Mount Isa health officer in north-west Queensland says more education is needed about the effects of poorly made home-brew on Indigenous people.
The Minister for Mental Health says he is confident there are enough support services at Oombulgurri to deal with the effects of the liquor ban introduced last weekend.
Air charter companies have joined in police efforts to prevent alcohol being smuggled into the Oombulgurri community.
ANU researchers say closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians could take 100 years.
The mayor of a Cape York Indigenous community says tightening alcohol restrictions will make no difference to solving social problems.
The Northern Territory Government has reported an outbreak of a potentially deadly disease in the Borroloola community, south-east of Darwin.
Doctors are using traditional Indigenous art to teach Aboriginals in the Northern Territory about good health.
Indigenous Health News
Fact Files
ABC HealthPetrol Sniffing fact file
Petrol sniffing is a major source of illness, death and social dysfunction in Indigenous communities - fuelled by poverty, boredom unemployment and the ready availability of petrol.
ABC HealthTrachoma fact file
Trachoma is an eye disease caused by a bacteria called Chlamydia trachomatis. It is the leading cause of blindness worldwide, and is almost entirely a disease of undeveloped countries, with one exception - Australia.
Indigenous Health Links
- Aboriginal and Torres Straig Islander Health - Department of Health and Aging
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
- Indigenous communities - Australian Drug Information Network
- NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
- Koori Health in Victoria
- Rural Health Education Foundation