First Nations Health
Warning: The following article contains references to suicide, which may be distressing to some readers. Recently published data indicates the need for culturally safe mental health care for Aborigina...
A quiet but powerful shift is happening in the heart of Australia, where medicine is being shaped not just by textbooks and training wards, but by culture, community and connection to Country.
Each year on National Close the Gap Day - 19 March - we are reminded that rates of preterm birth experienced by Aboriginal mothers is currently double that of our non-Aboriginal population.
Kristal Kinsela's strength has always been evident to those lucky enough to know her. A proud First Nations woman, a leader, a mother, a mentor and a friend, she has spent much of her life holding spa...
The Leukaemia Foundation has revealed world-first new research showing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are dying at significantly higher rates from blood cancer and face substantial barri...
In a bright new building designed to shape the future of health in the Northern Territory, Jobe Bonney stood quietly among leaders, lecturers and his fellow students.
23-year-old soon-to-be doctor Shakayla Walley-Wihongi, with a team of scientific powerhouses, has blazed a trail in the treatment of syphilis.
Almost one third of GPs witnessed racism towards patients in the health system in the past year, according to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' 2025 Health of the Nation report.
On World Hepatitis Day this week NACCHO and Hepatitis Australia called for urgent national action, as Australia approaches its 2030 target to eliminate Hepatitis B and C.
As Australia continues to grapple with alarmingly high rates of family and domestic violence, First Nations women and children remain disproportionately impacted.
Proud Noongar Yamatji woman and former AFLW star Kirby Bentley will walk 150 kilometres this August as a 2025 ambassador for Fred's Big Run; raising funds for preventable vision loss.
Applications are now open for the 2025 First Nations Cancer Scholarships Program, a federal government-backed initiative supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and Indigenous-led...
Two health programs which support First Nations communities across New South Wales have received a combined $250,000 grant from the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation.