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Tag: Remote health

Can Bush Tucker Reduce the Burden of Heart Disease and Diabetes?

“A diet richer in kangaroo, emu, seafood and bush tucker, such as bush pears and yams, would help cut the burden of heart disease and diabetes in some Aboriginal communities” reports the West Australian newspaper. The co-ordinator of Aboriginal programs for the Heart Foundation (Western Australia), Lyn Dimer says messages to eat five serves of [...]

The Intervention: Develop Some Real Solutions

Thanks to the cache on the internet here is an earlier post I lost from Monday Aug 11th.
“I have just completed a six-week stint working as a sexual health specialist in remote Central Australian Aboriginal communities, during which time I revisited many places where I had previously worked and lived as a remote area nurse [...]