Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 16 December 2020
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Dr Ed Poliness,
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Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative,
Lisa Briggs,Victorian Rural Health Award,
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ACCO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 25 November 2020
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Victorian State Budget,
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Victorian Government,
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Victorian Aboriginal families have received a major boost in this year’s State Budget with much needed investments in housing, infrastructure, and getting people back to work following the state’s crippling second wave of coronavirus.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 13 November 2020
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Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has welcomed a State Budget announcement of $4.4m in funding to improve social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander communities during the critical recovery phrase of COVID-19.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 27 October 2020
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Daniel Andrews,
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The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has praised Aboriginal communities across Victoria for doing the right thing as the state prepares to move out of lockdown.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 10 September 2020
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Today marks World Suicide Prevention Day, a global day of action designed to raise awareness of suicide and suicide prevention.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 2 September 2020
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The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on behalf of its 32 Members seeking urgent funding for Victorian Aboriginal communities in their COVID-19 response.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 27 August 2020
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The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) and members of the Aboriginal Executive Council (AEC) say more should be done to ensure Aboriginal Communities are well placed to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 19 August 2020
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Another large spike in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander communities is a stark reminder for Victorians that this pandemic is not over, and people still need to comply with the rules while staying connected.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 28 July 2020
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Victorians have been urged to get serious about the dangers posed by COVID-19 following a large spike in cases in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities over the weekend.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 23 July 2020
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Ballarat & District Aboriginal Co-operative,
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Aboriginal health
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has strongly urged Aboriginal people to stay home where they can, to get tested, and to self-isolate at home while waiting for test results after two confirmed cases of COVID-19 were detected in Aboriginal Communities in Ballarat.
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