Posted by VACCHO Policy Team on 11 May 2017
Tags:
Australia,
National Budget,
Turnbull Government,
Close the Gap Targets,
Indigenous Advancement Strategy in 2014,
intergenerational trauma,
Strengthening Preventive Care,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan,
standard GP and specialist consultations,
indexation of GP rebates,
Medicare rebates,
Commonwealth investments in Medicare rebates,
self-determination,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
NDIS ,
National Disability Insurance Scheme,
disability support services,
Jill Gallagher,
Aboriginal specific wellbeing,
NDIS,
social,
emotional and mental health and alcohol and drug workforces,
social,
emotional and mental health,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
ACCHOs,
ACCO,
health outcomes,
VACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
“VACCHO welcomes Commonwealth investments in Medicare rebates, mental health and the NDIS, but the lack of targeted investment in Aboriginal health is disappointing.
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Posted by VACCHO Policy Team on 3 May 2017
Tags:
ACCO,
Aboriginal children,
parenting support,
maternal and child health,
Victorian State Budget,
family violence support,
self-determination,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
NDIS ,
National Disability Insurance Scheme,
disability support services,
Jill Gallagher,
Aboriginal specific wellbeing,
social,
emotional and mental health and alcohol and drug workforces,
social,
emotional and mental health,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
ACCHOs,
ACCO,
health outcomes,
VACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
VACCHO welcomes the announcement of $22 million in establishing social, emotional and mental health and alcohol and drug workforces in Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs).
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Posted by Policy Unit on 16 February 2017
Tags:
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
ACCHOs,
ACCO,
Malcom Turnbull,
Turnbull,
Commonwealth Government,
health outcomes,
equity
VACCHO calls on Prime Minister Turnbull to invest in action that will accelerate progress in meeting all health equity targets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Posted by Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative Board of Directors on 16 February 2017
Tags:
leadership team.,
new CEO,
Jason Kanoa,
Julieanne Crow,
Glenda Thompson,
John Coxon,
Board of Directors,
Billy McGuinness,
Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
ACCHOs,
ACCO,
health outcomes,
VACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
The Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of a strengthened leadership team. The team will implement the Board’s vision for the organisation to move into the future as a proud, strong and inclusive Aboriginal Community Controlled organisation.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 5 August 2016
Tags:
Louise Carey,
antihate.vic.gov.au,
eportracism.com.au,
education,
Cultural Safety Training,
national newspaper,
racism,
political cartoonist,
Bill Leakes,
racist,
cartoon,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day,
The Australian,
Paul Whittaker,
Louise Lyons,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
ACCHOs,
ACCO
Ms Louise Lyons, Acting CEO of the Victorian Aborignal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has written to the Editor in Chief, Paul Whittaker to convey our utmost despair that the Nations own newspaper, The Australian, could make such an uninformed editorial decision that saw the publication of the Bill Leakes blatantly racist cartoon on 4 August 2016.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 4 August 2016
Tags:
Keith Morgan,
Koori Maternity Services,
boorais,
parents,
VACCHO CEO Jill Gallagher AO,
book,
Yarning About Breastfeeding: Celebrating Our Stories,
traditional,
young children,
infants,
breastfeeding,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Raylene Harradine,
ACCHOs,
ACCO
Breastfeeding is one of the most important factors on the growth, development and health of infants and young children. The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding up to six months of age.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 1 August 2016
Tags:
alcohol and other drugs,
mental health,
chronic disease,
Njernda Aboriginal Corporation,
Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative,
Njernda Aboriginal Corporation,
Mallee District Aboriginal Services,
Bendigo & District Aboriginal Co-operative,
networks,
Loddon Mallee Aboriginal Reference Group,
LMARG,
Innovative service delivery,
PHN,
Loddon Mallee region and the Murray Primary Health Network,
Loddon Mallee region,
health outcomes,
Aboriginal Primary Health funding,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan,
lack of funding,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Raylene Harradine,
ACCHOs,
ACCO
A developing partnership between leading Aboriginal health services in the Loddon Mallee region and the Murray Primary Health Network (PHN) is exploring innovative service delivery programs that can further increase the health outcomes of local Aboriginal community members.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 7 July 2016
Tags:
Territory Governments,
State Governments,
health outcomes,
STI,
Sexually Transmissible Infection,
chlamydia,
NSW Aboriginal Sexual and Reproductive Health Program,
Kirby Institute,
Fairwork,
New South Wales,
NSW,
health and education,
sexual health,
slashing of health funding,
Aboriginal Primary Health funding,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan,
lack of funding,
Federal Budget,
2016,
deficiencies,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Jill Gallagher,
ACCHOs,
ACCO
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) is shocked to hear that the Commonwealth Government has withdrawn $2.3 million of funding to the NSW State Government for sexual health programs in NSW Aboriginal communities.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 4 May 2016
Tags:
health and education,
Prime Minister Turnbull,
dental scheme,
hospital investments,
increased tobacco tax revenue,
Finance and Public Administration References Committee Inquiry,
vulnerable community members,
Budget Portfolio Statement,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023,
Close the Gap Campaign,
slashing of health funding,
Indigenous Advancement Strategy,
IAS,
Medicare rebates,
Aboriginal Primary Health funding,
hidden cuts,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan,
lack of funding,
Federal Budget,
2016,
deficiencies,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Aboriginal kids,
Budget,
Jill Gallagher,
ACCHOs,
ACCO,
new funding
From VACCHO’s perspective there are two related deficiencies in this year’s Federal Budget.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 2 May 2016
Tags:
economic growth,
Maternal and Child Health,
MCH,
National Disability Insurance Scheme,
NDIS,
$60.9 million,
universal health services,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Aboriginal kids,
Victorian State Budget,
Budget,
Jill Gallagher,
Andrews Government,
Labor Government,
ACCHOs,
ACCO,
new funding
VACCHO congratulates the Victorian Government on the scope of its progressive 2016 Victorian State Budget and commits to working with the Government to ensure that resources produce positive outcomes for Aboriginal Victorians
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