QAIHC Position Statement: Prison health
QAIHC Public Health Medical Director, Associate Professor Sophia Couzos, provides an overview of...
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QAIHC Position Statement: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-based palliative care
QAIHC Senior Program Officer Annie Parks provides an overview of QAIHC’s position on palliative...
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Closing the Gap health outcomes progress
The National Agreement on Closing the Gap has 19 national socio-economic targets across 17 socio-economic outcome areas that have an impact on life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Of the 17 socio-economic outcome areas, there are four health and wellbeing targets. Three of the four health and wellbeing outcomes are not on track to be met by 2031.
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QAIHC Position Statement: Put pharmacists into ACCHOs
QAIHC Public Health Medical Director, Associate Professor Sophia Couzos provides an overview of the QAIHC position statement on pharmacists in ACCHOs. QAIHC is advocating for a funded program to enable Queensland and other states’ ACCHOs to employ non-dispensing pharmacists within their health services.
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Federal election 2025: Party priorities for First Nations health
With the 2025 Federal election just around the corner, Sector Leader contacted six political parties in Queensland — the ALP, Coalition, Greens, One Nation, Katter’s Australia and Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia — seeking their election commitments to First Nation’s health. QAIHC received responses from Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia, Katter’s Australian Party and The Australian Greens. Sector Leader will reach out to the ALP, LNP and One Nation in the coming weeks for any updates to their policy for the April edition.
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