Gindaja Treatment and Healing Indigenous Corporation in Yarrabah is celebrating after breaking ground on the final stages of its capital works Master Plan to upgrade its 15-bed alcohol and drug treatment Residential Recovery Centre. It’s the culmination of a decades-long journey to grow the organisation and increase its capacity to support more First Nations people who are impacted by alcohol and drug dependency.
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Researchers at the University of Queensland have found First Nations people are twice as likely to present at hospital with asthma and other allergy related illnesses, compared to other Australians. Dr Desalegn Markos Shifti, from UQ’s Child Health Research Centre led a study analysing 813,112 Emergency Department (ED) presentations at 12 public hospitals in Central Queensland, between 2018 and 2023.
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QAIHC has proudly assisted the Brisbane Economic Development Agency in its successful bid to bring the prestigious International Indigenous Wellbeing Conference to Meanjin (Brisbane). The event is scheduled for 20-21 October and will be hosted in Brisbane city.
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QAIHC is excited to announce it has secured over $300,000 in funding from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) to develop a ground-breaking Sector Orientation Package for health professionals. This funding will support the creation of a comprehensive online resource to better equip health professionals beginning their careers in the ACCHO sector.
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Queensland Health and the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet have launched a new Queensland Portal, which provides Queensland-specific health information and resources to support anyone working or studying in First Nations health in Queensland, including students, academics and policy makers.
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Sector Leader Magazine is published by the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC).
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