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The Australian Government should form a National Indigenous Healing Foundation to provide compensation to the stolen generations.

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Professor Helen Milroy speaks about the importance of providing support to leading advocates after meeting with noted campaigner for a Voice to Parliament, Thomas Mayo.

Culturally secure intervention to facilitate medical follow up for Aboriginal children, after being hospitalised with chest infections, have proven to improve long-term lung health outcomes.

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At The Kids Research Institute Australia, we are committed to the ongoing work in Aboriginal health which includes investment, support and training of our Aboriginal researchers and staff.

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Telethon Institute awarded two national Centres of Research Excellence

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Dr Mara West

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Aboriginal health is everyone's business. The needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and kids is integrated into all relevant areas of our work. Improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids and families is an overarching priority for every team at The Kids.

A Kimberley study seeking to better understand Strep A in remote settings is helping to guide new approaches to prevent acute rheumatic fever (ARF) – an auto-immune response that typically begins with a sore throat and causes high fever, tiredness and swollen joints.

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September marks the three-month milestone of an intensive health promotion campaign in the East Kimberley region, which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of a chronic wet cough in Aboriginal children.

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The most comprehensive survey every undertaken of Aboriginal education has found little significant improvement in outcomes for children in more than 30 years