Indigenous Health Resources

The following Indigenous Health resources may be useful to USANZ Members.

Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care works in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to develop and implement strategies, programs and initiatives to improve health and wellbeing.

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Australian Indigenous Health Info Net

Helping to close the gap, the Australian Indigenous Health Info Net provides the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

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Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing

Good health is more than the absence of disease or illness; it is a holistic concept that includes physical, social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing, for both the individual and the community. This page highlights some of the key issues in Indigenous health and includes links to more detailed information.

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New Zealand Aotearoa Ministry of Health

The New Zealand Aotearoa Ministry of Health sets the direction for Māori health and guides the sector by working to increase access, achieve equity and improve outcomes for Māori.

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Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

RACS recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the land owners of Australia and Māori as tangata whenua (people of the land) of Aotearoa New Zealand (AoNZ). RACS is committed to Indigenous health and places emphasis on the most appropriate and effective ways to achieve the vision of health equity, as well as increasing Indigenous representation in surgery and creating a surgical environment that is culturally safe and more relatable to Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders and Māori.

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