- Save the Children Report says indigenous kids are 3x as likely to die before 5years of age than non-indigenous kids http://bit.ly/4FwhCZ
- Rate of infant mortality in Indigenous Australians is appalling according to Federal Government http://bit.ly/ZWCAo
- Can recruiting and training more indigenous health workers reverse the high rate of child death in Indigenous Australia http://bit.ly/1aFeWk
- Smoking is a “scourge” killing thousands of Indigenous Australians each year. Indigenous smoking rate 50% http://bit.ly/JX3Li
- Heart Foundation asks for government financial support to reduce Indigenous smoking rate http://bit.ly/14wo2H
- Minister for Indigenous Health etc Warren Snowdon encourages Indigenous to pursue careers in health http://bit.ly/O6iXl
- International Centre for Eyecare Education sends “I See for Culture” kits to 150 remote communities http://bit.ly/DMfZ1
- 50 patients present with symptoms of swine flu at Aurukun indigenoius community North Queensland. Community vaccinated http://bit.ly/1lW4u7
The Indigenous News Updates are sourced from news and other articles from around the country that I have posted on Twitter.
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