A community-led health program in remote Arnhem land is showing promising results for First Nations locals

A community-led health program in remote Arnhem land is showing promising results for First Nations locals

The Doherty InstituteIndigenous Australians are more than twice as likely as non-Indigenous Australians to suffer from disease, particularly chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease. The health disparities are worse in remote and very remote areas. The burden of diabetes in the remote Aboriginal population of the Northern Territory, where it affects more than one in four adults aged over 20, is among the highest in the…

Serious concern at high diabetes rate among Indigenous

Early intervention is key to tackling higher rates of diabetes among Indigenous people, say health organisations as data shows one in six with the condition.