Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 17:40
From the April Edition of Koori Korner This article focuses on the new Australian Government Closing the Gap Initiative: Tackling Chronic Disease. The new initiatives are designed to support general practices and Indigenous health services to provide better care for Indigenous Australians. Several initiatives are already under way that will bring benefits both to those who deliver Indigenous health services and those who use them.Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 12:52
Former NCGPT registrar and Byron Bay Doctor, Heidi Spillane, has been working since August 2010 for Médecins Sans Frontières in China. She is based in the city of Nanning, in Guangxi province, in a project providing healthcare for HIV positive patients. This is Heidi’s second field placement with Médecins Sans Frontières, having previously worked in Kenya.