Australian Doctor News

Indigenous PIP rewarding paperwork, not care: RACGP

16th July 2019
Practices are competing to register patients for the Indigenous Health Incentive to reap the annual sign-up payments without…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Why current measures are failing to prevent Indigenous youth suicides

10th May 2019
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs recently shared that the Federal Government has allocated $134 million of funding into…
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Australian Doctor News

Neurosyphilis surge expected in the Top End

8th May 2019
Doctors are being warned that a surge of Indigenous patients with undiagnosed neurosyphilis is likely in the Top End in…
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Syphilis
Medical Observer Opinion

How the major parties’ Indigenous health commitments stack up

2nd May 2019
Eleven years after Australia adopted the Closing the Gap strategy, many pressing First Nations health issues remain…
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Indigenous health
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How do you identify osteoporosis in men?

21st August 2019
This content has been independently produced by ADG, made possible through sponsorship from Amgen.   Osteoporosis in…
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Australian Doctor News

Govt expands syphilis tests to combat 'shocking' Indigenous outbreak

26th March 2019
Finger-prick point-of-care tests for syphilis are being rolled out to a further 11 syphilis-affected areas as part of the…
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Syphilis
Australian Doctor News

Was 'idiot' politics to blame for Australia’s syphilis epidemic?

1st March 2019
‘She was struggling to get the girl to come back for treatment so she told her that if she didn’t come back, all her hair…
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Australian Doctor News

'Game-changer': $35m push to develop Strep A vax

27th February 2019
Australia could be on the home stretch to ending rheumatic heart disease with a grant of $35 million from the Federal…
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Vaccine