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Indigenous News Update – Health

by Robbo on 30/01/2010

News

  • 48% of children suffered from untreated tooth decay, but only 10% had seen a dentist. Indigenous kids over represented http://bit.ly/4ICe5a

  • UN report paints grim picture of conditions of world’s indigenous peoples http://bit.ly/5FfGBS

  • HUGE reductions in Aboriginal infant mortality may have unintended effect of increasing of chronic illnesses in adults. http://bit.ly/5prKVl

  • Ceremonial circumcisions botched in NT however traditional Aboriginal ceremonies should be preserved http://bit.ly/5d4SO0

  • NT last year had highest rates of sexually transmitted infections in the country in both indigenous & non-indigenous http://bit.ly/7TMzop

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    Indigenous News Update – Health

    by Robbo on 27/11/2009

    News

    • Institute for Urban Indigenous Health commences in Brisbane to integrate health planning and servicing in region http://bit.ly/6z2JZs

    • Renowned Aboriginal artist could face premature death because he cannot receive dialysis treatment in Alice Springs http://bit.ly/6CsRKT

    • Emerging epidemics among people within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities says WA paper http://bit.ly/5PsNg6

    • BORDER squabble over who treats Aboriginal people with kidney disease in central Australia could cost lives http://bit.ly/4yu1Qh

    • Indigenous baby boys twice as likely to die as non indigenous boys http://bit.ly/84ly80

    • Dialysis emergency: ministers agree to talks http://bit.ly/6shP2a

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