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It’s hard to see this bill board from 1915 being used today. Where’s the pictures, the slogan…..

c1915 Anti-Smoking Sign , Zion Illinois

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Have a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon

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News

  • The Western Desert Kidney Health Project aiming to reduce disease and diabetes by 20 per cent over three years http://bit.ly/cziQDj
  • Western desert Kidney Health Project – the detail http://bit.ly/96wy9k
  • Concern for families & children in Aboriginal communities in WA driving more townships towards imposing alcohol bans http://bit.ly/bBZGe1
  • Six of seven suicide deaths in the Top End were Aboriginal.Two 14 year olds and a 16yo boy were among those who died http://bit.ly/aUh743
  • Brisbane Broncos winger Jharal Yow Yeh will visit remote indigenous communities to promote children’s ear health http://bit.ly/d1IgNL
  • Smoking has been identified as the biggest contributor to the difference in life expectancy for Indigenous people. http://bit.ly/aEYaEm
  • Diabetes Australia and VACCHO win top healthcare award on diabetes prevention resources http://bit.ly/aE9Hhi
  • Professor O’Dea, director of the Sansom Institute of Health Research has been appointed to the board of Outback Stores http://bit.ly/agnLrz
  • First Aboriginal nurse based at a major metropolitan hospital in NSW, Sister Bush, was known as a “cultural broker” http://bit.ly/9eaxQ9
  • The rate of dementia in older Aboriginal Australians could be reduced by changes in health & lifestyle -epidemiologists http://bit.ly/94TEPa

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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  • Health organisations in the NT need the support of the fed parliament to continue improving the lives of indigenous http://bit.ly/dl3F3y
  • Katungal Aboriginal Medical Service’s Bega Clinic, the only bulk-biller in town to be closed by government. http://bit.ly/9f0VkB
  • A lack of follow-up at the grass roots’ level is a fundamental cause of the ever-widening gap in indigenous health http://bit.ly/cRgvL3
  • Students in Arnhem Land spreading anti-smoking messages via mobile phone. Smoking rate in area is 85% http://bit.ly/ar1PGl
  • Axing of the Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health portfolio condemned by Rural Doctors Association of Australia http://bit.ly/bPiVqR

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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News

  • Indigenous campaign to change people’s attitudes to smoking around kids has been more effective than stopping smokers http://bit.ly/du3Ema
  • Mr Tom Calma appointed as New National Coordinator to Tackle Indigenous Smoking http://bit.ly/9zw4e1
  • Indigenous graduates enjoy better health http://bit.ly/9jCiod
  • 500 kids participate at an Toowoomba Indigenous event focusing on health http://bit.ly/d9DSKt
  • CHILD-PROTECTION workers have called for aid to be delivered to starving Aboriginal children in remote communities http://bit.ly/c5iJa7

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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