” Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation leaders and health experts from across Australia will come together in Canberra today for DAY 2 of #NACCHOagm2017 to examine key policy issues and projects that are making a difference in closing the gap in Indigenous health.
The theme of the conference is Our Health Counts: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.
NACCHO would like to acknowledge that we will be gathering on the traditional Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands and acknowledge owner’s past, present and future “
Download the full conference program here https://www.nacchoconference.com.au/program/
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National Media Contact: Jenny Stokes 0478 504 280
NACCHO Social Media: Colin Cowell 0401 331 251
NACCHO Contact at Conference: Oliver Tye 0450 956 942
9.10 9.30 am
Topic: Governance and Constitutional Change
– Results of consultation with State and Territory Affiliates
Speaker: Patricia Turner, Chief Executive Officer, NACCHO @NACCHOAustralia
10.20 – 10.45 AM
Topic: Primary Health Care best practice for Clients with Chronic Disease Gurriny Yealamucka Health services
Speaker: Suzanne Andrews @GurrinyHealth
10.00 – 10.45 am
Mike Stephens
Topic: ACCHS Pharmacist SIG Meeting
11.15 – 11.45 am
Topic: New Approaches in a Changing Environment
Speaker: Danila Dilba @DanilaDilba CEO Olga Havnen and Adrian Carson @carson_adrian @IUIH
Federation Ballroom
12.05 – 12.30 pm
Topic: Oral Health program and partnership with Goondir Health Services
Speaker: Donnella Mills
12.05 – 12.50 pm
Topic two: PwC report on Aboriginal Incarceration rates in Australia
Speaker: Jodie Sizer and James Van Smeerdijk from PwC
Murrumbidgee Room
1.30 – 2.00 pm
Topic: Culture, Communication, Clinical Interactions: factors for change in chronic disease self-management , Rheumatic Heart Disease Menzies School of health and Research @MenziesResearch
2.30 – 3.00 pm
Topic: Improving Dental Health in Remote Communities
Presenter: The Royal Australian Air Force
3.30 – 4.15 pm
Topic: Close the Gap refresh taskforce consultation
Speaker: Sam Jeffries, Prime Minister and cabinet
4.15 4.45 pm
Topic: The Redfern Statement
Thankyou NACCHO for the opportunity to share the ARDAC Kidney health story, Chronic Kidney Disease is too familiar amongst our mob; we need to collaborate and fight this silent killer. Health literacy is so important for our community (Knowledge is Power).
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