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CULTURE CRITICAL TO CREATING POSITIVE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OUTCOMES
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) would like to pay tribute to Members and key stakeholders for their involvement in the second...

2022 KMS Forum: Supporting culturally safe best practice maternity care
For the first time in two years Koori Maternity Service (KMS) units from all over Victoria gathered on Wadawurrung Country for the 2022 Statewide KMS Forum.The forum...

Treaty will ensure First Peoples are not left behind in post-COVID recovery
Opinion It’s been a tough couple of years. I think I can say that without any fear of contradiction, and there might still be difficult times ahead as this pandemic...

VACCHO MEMBERS’ MEETING TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS FOR 2022
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) is excited to host its first in-person Members’ Meeting in two years this week on Wadawurrung...

So you want to celebrate January 26 in 2022?
Invasion Day. Survival Day. Day of Mourning. Every year when January 26 comes around, I feel a deep pain – a feeling shared by my family and community. January 26...

Disturbing new report highlights increase in suicides rates
VACCHO and the Centre of Excellence for Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing (the Centre) are extremely disturbed by findings in the new report Suicides of...