Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this material may contain images of deceased persons. Across the vast, red desert of northwest South Australia, Terrie Ivanhoe is helping to deliver the COVID-19 response in the country’s most remote Indigenous ...

A new report detailing Indigenous patients' experiences of hospital care has affirmed the importance of supporting the midwifery workforce, according to UWS researcher and registered midwife Renae Coleman. Recent insights from the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) found that Aboriginal women ...

The health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people starts at birth. The target to halve the gap in child mortality rates is not on track. In fact, it has widened to 2.4 times higher for Indigenous children. Preterm births are ...

People with liver disease in south-east Queensland can access mobile, life-saving treatments, West Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are treated better when accessing health services, and patients with difficulty communicating are able to make their preferences known – ...

Two RNs and one midwife describe their roles in Closing the Gap.  After moving from a hospital-based nursing career to the community-controlled health services, registered nurse Nola White was part of a two-person team that set up a centre in ...

Many factors that contribute to worse health outcomes from Indigenous people can be improved with better access to information and care. An effort is under way to provide what’s needed.  Indigenous Australians suffer from higher rates of illness and disability ...

Associate professor Roianne West, of James Cook University, is the first full-time Aboriginal academic in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition. She spoke to Aileen Macalintal. We understand how gruelling doing a PhD is. How did you brave the ...

There is much Australia can learn from other post-colonial societies when it comes to ‘closing the gap’ in indigenous health, writes Dominic O’Sullivan. While post-colonial societies like Canada and New Zealand have significantly ‘closed the gap’ in indigenous health, in ...

The latest government report card on indigenous health has shown some concerning trends, Linda Belardi reports. Improvements in indigenous mortality rates have reversed in recent years, the latest government snapshot of indigenous health has revealed. The report from Australia’s state ...

Health workers urged to ‘do something real in indigenous health’. Nurses, doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other health practitioners are being encouraged to consider extending their careers to help provide care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders across Australia. The Minister ...