The health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people starts at birth. The target to halve the gap in child mortality rates is not on track. In fact, it has widened to 2.4 times higher for Indigenous children. Preterm births are ...

People with liver disease in south-east Queensland can access mobile, life-saving treatments, West Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are treated better when accessing health services, and patients with difficulty communicating are able to make their preferences known – ...

Two RNs and one midwife describe their roles in Closing the Gap.  After moving from a hospital-based nursing career to the community-controlled health services, registered nurse Nola White was part of a two-person team that set up a centre in ...

Many factors that contribute to worse health outcomes from Indigenous people can be improved with better access to information and care. An effort is under way to provide what’s needed.  Indigenous Australians suffer from higher rates of illness and disability ...

Associate professor Roianne West, of James Cook University, is the first full-time Aboriginal academic in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition. She spoke to Aileen Macalintal. We understand how gruelling doing a PhD is. How did you brave the ...

There is much Australia can learn from other post-colonial societies when it comes to ‘closing the gap’ in indigenous health, writes Dominic O’Sullivan. While post-colonial societies like Canada and New Zealand have significantly ‘closed the gap’ in indigenous health, in ...

The latest government report card on indigenous health has shown some concerning trends, Linda Belardi reports. Improvements in indigenous mortality rates have reversed in recent years, the latest government snapshot of indigenous health has revealed. The report from Australia’s state ...

Health workers urged to ‘do something real in indigenous health’. Nurses, doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other health practitioners are being encouraged to consider extending their careers to help provide care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders across Australia. The Minister ...

Gillard admits it will be extremely difficult to close the life-expectancy gap by the target year of 2031 with current progress. Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants indigenous people to take greater responsibility for improving their own lives, after admitting the ...