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US: Hormone could help those with autism

17 February 2010: A nasal spray containing a hormone that makes women more maternal and men less shy may be able to help those with autism make eye contact and interact better with others. A study involving 13 adults with autism found that when they inhaled the hormone oxytocin they scored significantly better on a test that involved recognising faces and performed much better in a game that involved tossing a ball with other people.

UK: British TV presenter admits mercy killing of lover

17 February 2010: A veteran British television and radio presenter is being investigated by police after he admitted smothering to death an ex-lover who had AIDS several decades ago. "In a hospital one hot afternoon, the doctor said, 'There's nothing we can do', and he was in terrible, terrible pain," he said on the show, broadcast on Monday. "I said to the doctor, 'Leave me just for a bit' and he went away.

US: Breast cancer patients turn to supplements

16 February 2010: Breast cancer survivors are turning to alternative therapies like supplements and vitamins to ease recovery, but researchers say they may be making uninformed choices.

US: Health workers often decline TB treatment

16 February 2010: Hospital and nursing-home employees who are infected with latent tuberculosis may often decline drug therapy to prevent the disease from becoming active, a new study suggests.

US: Alternative treatments offer options for cancer patients

15 February 2010: Although the trauma of experiencing breast cancer frequently lasts with survivors, an MSU professor has found complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM, can alleviate further sickness. Gwen Wyatt, a professor in the MSU College of Nursing and principal investigator, published an article in the January-February edition of Nursing Research describing her five-year study of alternative therapies.

US: Doctor-patient divide on mammograms

15 February 2010: Confusion reigned late last year after the United States Preventive Services Task Force changed its recommendations on mammography, suggesting that most women start routine scans at age 50 rather than 40 and reduce the frequency to every two years, from once a year.

US: After surviving cancer, a focus on true manhood

15 February 2010: Prostate cancer and its treatment strike men where they live, often causing impotence and incontinence. In the past two years, though, I’ve insisted on trying to learn what having cancer could teach me. And here I’m just trying to understand, trying to articulate, what it feels like to be damaged goods in our oversexualized culture.

US: Surgery for obese children?

15 February 2010: Brittany Caesar, now 20 years old and 175 pounds, was the first teenager to undergo a gastric bypass at Texas Children’s, but more quickly followed. Today, it maintains one of the busiest bariatric practices for adolescents in the country, performing one or two bypasses each month. Although the procedure is still considered experimental for children, it is fast becoming the next front in the battle against pediatric obesity.

US: With shows such as 'Hawthorne' and 'Nurse Jackie,' is nursing now considered trendy?

15 February 2010: For years, audiences have tuned in to prime-time medical dramas such as "ER" and "Grey's Anatomy" to watch doctors juggle their messy personal lives along with saving the lives of others. But in the past year, the focus has shifted to shine the light on nurses. The recent increase of nurse-centered TV shows, merchandise and publications may be signs of a heightened public interest in this profession. Now, doctors are out. Nurses are in.

US: Nursing graduate returns from Haiti with experience

14 February 2010: Shannon Brooke is a recent college graduate who will start her job as a nurse next week. Brooke already has some hands-on experience after returning from Haiti where she helped with earthquake relief.

US: Mother dog nursing foster pups tossed in garbage can

14 February 2010:  Cher, a tiny mother dog, nuzzled her small, wiggling family and licked their faces clean Friday morning. It didn’t matter that the puppies had a different color fur, or would probably be bigger than her in the next several weeks. The small litter, consisting of two males and two females, were taken in by Cher after they were found abandoned in a dumpster behind Waccamaw Hospital. Their foster mother is doing everything she is supposed to, said Cher’s owner, Charlotte Troy.

PHILIPPINES: Free condoms with Valentine's flowers in the Philippines

14 February 2010: Men buying flowers for Valentine's Day were given something else for the weekend in the Philippines, Asia's staunchly Roman Catholic outpost -- free condoms.

US: NY condom design contest heads to climax

14 February 2010: A top hat, a suggestive train tunnel and even a sewer manhole cover feature in the finals of New York's condom wrapper design contest. The city has received about 600 entries since the competition opened on December 15 for a wrapper that would "capture the city's distinctive culture while promoting safer sex".

US: Aging: Hospital type may play role in decision on feeding tubes

12 February 2010: When nursing home residents with advanced dementia are sent to the hospital, many are given feeding tubes, even though the practice is not believed to help them live longer. Now a new study finds that it is much more prevalent at some hospitals than others. The findings suggest that such decisions are more likely to be based on hospital practices than on the wishes of patients and their families.

Red Bull gives you...a) tremors b) anxiety c) insomnia d) all the above

No date: “Caffeine intoxication:” it’s the new catch phrase that experts are using to describe the detrimental effects of the energy drinks — Monster, Red Bull and Rock Star — that we all know and love. Because energy drinks are marketed as dietary supplements rather than food products, the companies that sell them do not have to label the amount of caffeine in these beverages, causing a major problem in the way we view them. The FDA maximum of 71 milligrams of caffeine per 12 ounces does not apply; most energy drinks contain hundreds of milligrams of caffeine per can. 

US: Nurse whistle-blower not guilty for reporting doctor

11 February 2010: A Texas jury has found veteran nurse Anne Mitchell not guilty of harassment after she wrote a confidential letter to the Texas Medical Board complaining about a doctor she believed practiced shoddy medicine.

US: When the nurse is a bully

11 February 2010: It was the end of my shift, and I listened as one of my co-workers was being hassled over the phone for the second time that day. The computer wouldn’t release a patient record, and a nurse in another department was blaming her. “Why are nurses so mean to each other?” I blurted out. “Well yeah,” my co-worker said, “It’s that whole ‘Nurses eat their young’ thing.”

US: MSU researcher linking breast cancer patients with alternative therapies

11 February 12010: Biological-based therapies such as diet supplements and vitamins are the most popular complementary and alternative medicines for women recovering from breast cancer, according to a Michigan State University researcher working to create a support intervention for women in treatment for the disease.

Local News

WEEK COMMENCING 13 FEBRUARY 2010

Health funds profiteering, claims minister

18 February 2010: Health funds say increased consumer use of health services is sending their costs skyrocketing but they are under pressure from federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon, who has suggested they are profiteering.

Roxon willing to meet docotors on MRI push

18 February 2010: Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has indicated she would be willing to meet medical specialists to discuss their calls for a magnetic resonance imaging machine for south-west Victoria.

Snowdon, Turnour: Negotiations under way for New Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation service for Cairns

17 February 2010: A new drug and alcohol rehabilitation service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been announced for Cairns and surrounding regions.

Premiums will rise under coalition – Labor

17 February 2010: Federal Labor says a coalition government would abolish the health minister's ability to scrutinise premium hikes proposed by private health funds, meaning costs would rise "unchecked".

Fake patients roll in health numbers game

17 February 2010: Controversial guidelines that will allow "well-known personalities" to have fake health ID numbers will be written, starting next week. Every Australian from July will be automatically issued a new 16-digit health number.

Kids on ADHD drugs 'poor at school'

17 February 2010: Children with ADHD who use prescription drugs to manage their condition are 10 times more likely to perform poorly at school than ADHD kids who avoid medication, a new report reveals. The report also finds stimulant drugs such as Ritalin and dexamphetamine make no significant difference to the level of depression, self-perception and social functioning of a 14-year-old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Aged care nurses: Going backwards under Gillard reforms

17 February 2010: Yolanda Gleeson reckons she will lose $7 an hour from her pay packet – between $250 and $300 every week -- when the full force of Julia Gillard's changes to standardise award agreements flow through by 2014.

ADHD medication debate reignites

16 February 2010: It is estimated that more than 350,000 Australian children and adolescents have ADHD, which is treated in a variety of ways, including by prescription stimulants, to help children focus and interact socially. But many people oppose such medication and the debate about the treatment of ADHD is about to be further stoked with the release of a long-term health study in Western Australia tomorrow.

Fake patients roll in health numbers game

17 February 2010: Controversial guidelines that will allow "well-known personalities" to have fake health ID numbers will be written, starting next week. Every Australian from July will be automatically issued a new 16-digit health number.

Kids on ADHD drugs 'poor at school'

17 February 2010: Children with ADHD who use prescription drugs to manage their condition are 10 times more likely to perform poorly at school than ADHD kids who avoid medication, a new report reveals. The report also finds stimulant drugs such as Ritalin and dexamphetamine make no significant difference to the level of depression, self-perception and social functioning of a 14-year-old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Aged care nurses: Going backwards under Gillard reforms

17 February 2010: Yolanda Gleeson reckons she will lose $7 an hour from her pay packet – between $250 and $300 every week – when the full force of Julia Gillard's changes to standardise award agreements flow through by 2014.

Attracting doctors to the country

17 February 2010: John Duncan — The Rural Doctors Association of South Australia (RDASA) has welcomed the federal government’s announcement of a $6000 training bonus offered to city general practitioners in exchange of four weeks locum work in the country.

ADHD medication debate reignites

16 February 2010: It is estimated that more than 350,000 Australian children and adolescents have ADHD, which is treated in a variety of ways, including by prescription stimulants, to help children focus and interact socially. But many people oppose such medication and the debate about the treatment of ADHD is about to be further stoked with the release of a long-term health study in Western Australia tomorrow.

Obstetricians quit amid bullying claims

16 February 2010: There are fears Canberra Hospital's new maternity unit will face a doctor shortage because obstetricians do not want to work there. The ACT Government is spending $90 million building a Women's and Children's unit at the hospital. But nine obstetricians have left the hospital in the past 13 months.

E-health has numbers

in new ID scheme

16 February 2010: Every Australian is to be issued with a new 16-digit identification number as part of the move towards a national e-health system. Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon said the move would create an integrated and consistent e-health system, giving confidence to consumers and providers.

Comment: No internship for one in four graduates

16 February 2010: The Australian and state and territory governments should not be obliged or expected to use Australian taxpayers’ money to bend over backwards and provide internship positions for international medical graduates of Australian universities. These very students only got accepted into Australian medical schools because they were willing to pay over $150,000 for a medical degree and eventually gain Australian permanent residency status despite being judged on lower standards than their real Australian medical student counterparts. Enough is enough!

States reject Abbott hospital plan

15 February 2010: Revisiting a scheme adopted by the Howard government, Mr Abbott wants to see local boards run local hospitals in New South Wales and Queensland, but he shouldn't hold his breath waiting for state government support. While he's got qualified nods from the AMA, the states say his plan simply won't work.

Doctors stand firm over e-health costs

16 February 2010: A hi-tech health plan to deliver better treatment to patients could be derailed by a standoff between doctors and the Rudd Government.

Software firms ill-informed on health ID plan

16 February 2010: Software makers are yet to see full technical specifications for the planned healthcare identifier regime due to start on July 1 provided enabling legislation introduced by Health Minister Nicola Roxon last week is passed by parliament.

MRI service hopes dashed by government delay

16 February 2010: A Senate estimates committee hearing has confirmed that the Government is in no hurry to grant a licence for an MRI machine in Warrnambool which would enable residents of the region to have cancer diagnosis closer to home rather than travelling up to three hours for tests in Ballarat, Geelong or Melbourne.

Specific guidelines needed to prioritise elective surgery waiting lists, Australia

15 February 2010: A lack of specific guidelines to help surgeons decide how to prioritise public hospital patients' elective surgery may be compromising patient care, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

No internships for one in four graduates

15 February 2010: Australian health ministers have announced funding increases that they say will ensure intern placements to cover the big increase in medical graduates over the next few years. The increase in funding from $67 million this year to $140 million from next year will ensure internships are available for all Commonwealth-supported students, the ministers announced.

Abbott plan needs federal takeover: expert

15 February 2010: Who should run Australia's hospitals? As the Federal Government continues to fend off criticism of its failure to take over the hospital system from the states, the Coalition Leader Tony Abbott says local boards should run hospitals in New South Wales and Queensland. But one of Australia's leading health administrators says it is not that simple. Professor John Dwyer argues that the only way for the Coalition to turn the management of public hospitals over to local communities would be to launch its own federal takeover.

Public hospital management boards are part of the solution – Australian Medical Association

15 February 2010: AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the Coalition's policy announcement for local community-controlled management boards for major public hospitals in NSW and Queensland is a step in the right direction, but more detail on how the policy would roll out nationally is needed.

Call for legislation to criminalise public hospital data manipulation

15 February 2010: Nationally uniform legislation is needed to make health service reporting standards consistent and to criminalise public sector data fraud, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Child sexual abuse victims at higher risk of fatal self-harm

15 February 2010: Victims of child sexual abuse are at increased risk of suicide and accidental fatal drug overdose later in life, according to the authors of a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

States fail to deliver beds for the disabled

15 February 2010: Investigations have revealed a $100 million Commonwealth grant aimed at relieving an accommodation crisis for the severely disabled has created just 40 of a targeted 300 new residential care beds. Four Corners will reveal tonight in Breaking Point on ABC1 that the majority of states and territories have not yet finished one bed between them, including Victoria, South Australia, the Northern Territory, ACT and Tasmania.

Abbott's health plan meets mixed response

15 February 2010: Two of Australia's biggest states - New South Wales and Queensland - are being targeted by the Federal Opposition Leader for major change to their hospitals systems. But the states warn the move would lead to hospitals being isolated and they say Mr Abbott's last attempt to impose local control, through the takeover of Tasmania's Mersey Hospital, was not a success.

Abbott plans boards to rescue ailing hospitals

15 February 2010: NSW hospitals are so bad they need a Northern Territory-style intervention, says Tony Abbott, who wants local boards to assume control of the state's major public hospitals.

Tony Abbott vows hospital quick-fix

15 February 2010: Tony Abbott has pledged a Coalition government would install local boards to fix public hospitals within six months of winning power -- likening the move to the Howard government's emergency intervention in Aboriginal communities.

Young people gain access to euthanasia drug

15 February 2010: Australians in their 20s and 30s are killing themselves with the drug that euthanasia advocate, Dr Philip Nitschke, has promoted as the ''peaceful pill''.

You bet your life: health insurer's cheap DNA test could prove costly

15 February 2010: The insurer NIB has begun offering its customers cut-price genetic tests which could unwittingly expose them to higher premiums or even leave them unable to get life insurance or insurance payouts. Associate Professor Kristine Barlow-Stewart sits on the federal government's Human Genetics Advisory Committee. She has been researching cases of 'genetic discrimination', in which healthy people have been denied insurance cover due to the content of their DNA.

Doctoring hospital patient data should be criminal offence, says physician

15 February 2010: Manipulating hospital performance data should be made a criminal offence in the same way corporate directors are prosecuted for cooking the books, according to an article in The Medical Journal of Australia.

Study delay creates alarm over school heaters

15 February 2010: The Asthma Foundation of NSW has joined parents' and teachers' groups to request that the state government publish all findings in the public interest as soon as possible. Hundreds of schools in NSW are fitted with the unflued heaters, which can fill classrooms with nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide fumes if windows and doors are not left open.

Burger chain breaks rule against fatty food ads for kids

15 February 2010: Burger chain Hungry Jacks has admitted that it breached advertising rules by screening ads for high fat food for children, rendering the industry's voluntary code of practice a "failure". The company re-advertised a chicken nugget meal after an earlier ad for the same food was banned last year because its fat content was too high.

Sunshine Coast moves to shift palliative care out of hospitals

14 February 2010: Private homes across the state will be used to care for the terminally ill as the Queensland Government liberalises planning laws to ease pressure on overcrowded hospitals. The Sunshine Coast Council is the first in the state to amend its planning scheme to allow residential homes to become palliative care hospices, with up to six guest rooms in each house.

Abbott's hospital plan finds favour with AMA

14 February 2010: The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says the Federal Opposition's proposed policy to put local management boards in some public hospitals should apply across the country.

AMA baffled by low bulk billing rate

14 February 2010: The Australian Medical Association's ACT branch says it cannot explain why the bulk billing rate in the territory is so much lower than other states and territories. The bulk billing rate in the ACT has fallen to 46.4 per cent – the lowest rate in the country.

AMA supports plan for hospitals to be run by boards

14 February 2010: The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has backed the coalition's plan for Queensland and NSW public hospitals to be run by community boards, but wants more detail on how the policy would roll out nationally.

Roxon rejects 'half-baked' hospital plan

14 February 2010: The Federal Government says the Opposition's plan for community health boards in some public hospitals will not fix the chronic problems with the health system. Today Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced that if he wins the next election he will install local management boards at major public hospitals in New South Wales and Queensland.

The truth about drug trials

14 February 2010: It's the ultimate in human experimentation –– putting your body and health on the line to test out new medicines. However, without human trials we wouldn'’t benefit from innovative drugs and treatments. Breakthroughs such as penicillin, chemotherapy and vaccines have saved millions from infections and diseases.

Mothers-to-be turned away from hospital

14 February 2010: Public hospitals are turning away pregnant women because their maternity wards are full. Some big Sydney hospitals have introduced caps, limiting the number of bookings they will take from women with low-risk pregnancies. Changes to the Medicare safety net that will exclude private obstetrics fees are expected to exacerbate the demand for beds, driven by the baby boom of recent years.

Call for new surgery priority guidelines

14 February 2010: Australia's surgeons should be operating under uniform guidelines when it comes to prioritising their elective surgery patients in public hospitals. New evidence-based criteria should be put in place, health experts say, to replace the present system that was heavily reliant on surgeon intuition.

'Virtual wards, data fraud in hospitals'

14 February 2010: Australia's public hospitals have been drawn into a murky world of fudged figures, "virtual wards" and suspected data fraud, a doctor says. Reports of the deliberate manipulation of hospital data have surfaced in both NSW and Victoria since performance-based funding was introduced in the 1990s.

Black hole in SA Liberals' RAH plan: govt

14 February 2010: The state government says there is a $1 billion black hole in the opposition's proposal to rebuild the Royal Adelaide Hospital on its current site. The Labor government plans to build a new $1.7 billion hospital in the city's west end, with construction to start in 2011 and for the doors to open in 2016.

Low-carb beer 'not a healthy option'

14 February 2010: Low-carb beer has been branded an "insidious health risk" by a doctor who says it could encourage more drinking and, take note girls, it does little to prevent a beer gut. Diet conscious drinkers have flocked to beers like Foster's Pure Blonde and Bluetongue's Bondi Blonde which make much of their low-carbohydrate credentials, says addiction expert Dr Peter Miller.

Hospitals reform still on the cards: PM

14 February 2010: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd maintains the health system is in need of "urgent surgery", but has defended the time it has spent on the waiting list. At least six months past his own deadline for a federal takeover of hospitals, Mr Rudd said the government's objective had not changed.

Anger over cut to obstetrics rebate

14 February 2010: Public hospitals already at breaking point will have to cope with an extra 26,000 births this year after the federal Government slashed Medicare rebates for obstetrics. Women who can't afford the extra out-of-pocket fees are heading to the public system with private obstetricians reporting a drop in business of 5-10 per cent since the changes were introduced on January 1.

Meet Brooke: the little girl who never grew up

14 February 2010: Her parents say her body is trapped in a time warp. Her doctor believes she might hold the secrets to the fountain of youth. At the age of 17, Brooke Greenburg still looks like she did as a toddler. She cannot walk or talk, still has milk teeth and weighs only seven kilograms.

Reforms loom as sick Aussies send health bill soaring

14 February 2010: Australians are visiting the doctor more than ever amid growing speculation the federal government is preparing to announce a major package of reforms to control spiralling health costs and set the scene for the election.

New Barwon Health boss' controversial career

13 February 2010: David Ashbridge's new role as chief of Barwon Health seems a world away from the same Northern Territory department he's headed these past three years. G21 chief Andrew Scott marked the appointment last week by commenting: "After the Territory this is probably a doddle for him."

Outrage over treatment at RAH

13 February 2010:  In the emergency department of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Liz Livingston’s mother-in-law was bleeding uncontrollably from the mouth. The doctor asked Ms Livingston’s partner, Alan Edwards, and her father-in-law to leave their sick and distressed elderly family member, but Ms Livingston herself was asked to stay and help. She donned surgical gloves and began using a suction device to remove blood from her mother-in-law’s mouth, a task well beyond the capability of many South Australians in the same position.

New cancer centre proposal gains tremendous hold up

12 February 2010: The support for the establishment of new cancer centre in Ballarat received tremendous support.

Rise in bulk billing rates

12 February 2010: In the December quarter 2009, a total of $3.9 billion was paid in Medicare benefits for 77.1 million services. This represented 3.5 services and about $179 in benefits for every Australian.

College to conduct NUM Survival Toolkit – 5 Day Course

12 February 2010: The College of Nursing has places available  on the NUM Survival Toolkit five day course. The target audience is new nursing and midwifery unit managers, team leaders or registered nurses or midwives who relieve in these positions. (35 Continuing Professional Developments hours). Venues and dates: March 3,4,17 & 31, Level 3 Auditorium, West Block Nepean Hospital and June 1, Cnr Parker and Derby Street, NEPEAN NSW. Enquiries: Customer Service Centre on csc@nursing.edu.au or by Phone: 02 9745 7500 or Fax: 02 9745 7501.

Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 marks e-health progress

12 February 2010: A major step towards the implementation of a national e-health system occurred with the introduction of the Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 into the House of Representatives. The Government’s Bill represents the culmination of more than a decade’s work in developing a framework for the introduction of e-health in Australia across different jurisdictions and with the assistance of professional bodies.

For more information contact Alison Sweeney Media Coordinator 02 8298 2669 alison.sweeney@nehta.gov.au

Time for action on this “epidemic”: health inequalities

12 February 2010: Yesterday an event of international significance for all concerned about health took place in England. (I don’t think that’s overstating it). Michael Marmot – who is probably best known for chairing the WHO’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health – released a landmark review, Fair Society, Healthy Lives, setting out both the rationale and the evidence base for responding to health inequalities. It is intended to guide English policy making, but its relevance is much broader.

Doctors want new emergency theatre

12 February 2010: Midnight surgeries are placing patients at risk and both major political parties must commit to funding a fully functional third emergency theatre, the state's peak medical lobby says.

One-stop health shop criticised

Roxon: Australia’s Health Workforce

11 February 2010: Millions of Federal dollars have been used to establish a one-stop-shop for health care in Strathpine, but critics believe the funds could be distributed more evenly. The clinic, the first of its kind opened in Queensland, is part of the Federal Government’s $275 million plan to establish GP Super clinics all around Australia.

Sporting Chance Expansion

11 February 2010: About 10,000 students will benefit from an expansion of the Australian Government’s Sporting Chance Program to support Indigenous students’ engagement with school. Sporting Chance Program uses sport and recreation as a hook to better engage Indigenous boys and girls in their schooling to improve educational and employment outcomes.

Politicians consider electronic IDs

11 February 2010: An integrated electronic health care system moved one more step towards realisation yesterday after the Federal Government introduced a bill into Parliament for the creation of electronic health care identifier numbers. If passed, the new law would allow for a unique 16 digit number to be created for every patient and health care provider by the middle of this year.

Australia’s Health Workforce

11 February 2010: The Australian Health Ministers Conference is holding a special workforce meeting tomorrow to finalise new arrangements for future clinical training places to meet the growing workforce demands across the country. The Commonwealth and the States and Territories agreed at COAG in 2008 to take action to provide quality clinical training to our increasing numbers of medical, nursing and allied health students (with domestic medical graduates increasing from 1544 in 2007 to an expected 2920 in 2012).

King presents case for Ballarat Health Services cancer centre

11 February 2010: Ballarat MHR Catherine King yesterday stressed the importance of a new cancer centre for the city to Health Minister Nicola Roxon.Ms King presented Ms Roxon with more than 40 letters, faxes and emails plus two petitions supporting the proposed $55 million centre.

Patients to choose pathology lab

11 February 2010: Patients will be given a choice where to take pathology referrals from July, but pathologists are warning that doctors may misinterpret results from labs they are not familiar with.

Comprehensive national plan needed to close the gap on Indigenous health, says Australian Medical Association

11 February 2010: AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said that the AMA welcomes the Government announcement of $9.1 million for new Indigenous mothers and baby services as the latest instalment in its commitment to close the gap on Indigenous health inequality by 2030.

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