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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune response to a group A streptococcus infection (usually a throat or skin infection) which can be followed by rheumatic heart disease (RHD) if this response involves the heart. ARF can be complex to diagnose, as it may present as a constellation of signs an...
If you’ve seen a few of your new year goals go pear-shaped recently, an easy way to get you back on track is to have your GP assess your overall well-being. Your GP can advise you about your health risks and provide medical support if you need it. It’s okay to put yourself first, especially [&he...
We are currently seeking nominations to fill the following vacant position for the GCPHN Primary Health Care Improvement Committee (PHCIC): Nurse based in General Practice (working a minimum two days per week) The deadline for application submission is COB Tuesday 24 January 2023. People of Aborigin...
GCPHN-supervised and co-funded PhD student and research fellow, Bryce Brickley, from Griffith University’s School of Health Sciences and Social Work, recently published a paper in CSIRO Publishing’s Australian Health Review, a journal of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association. The a...
Identifying the Indigenous status of people accessing health services improves national health and welfare data and helps ‘close the gap’ in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. It also helps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people access Indigenous-specific health me...
The COVID-19 Therapeutics Working Group recently completed a series of updates which we encourage all clinicians to review. A reminder that from 1 November 2022, eligibility for COVID-19 oral treatments has been widened so that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, aged 30 years or over, wil...
First Nations people are now eligible for COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments if they: are 30 years or older and have 1 additional risk factor To check eligibility for COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments and risk factors, click here.
There’s a new free training module about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and end of life law from End of Life Law for Clinicians (ELLC). The module aims to help health professionals understand legal considerations when caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the...
The caring@home today launched its Palliative Care Clinic Box which contains a suite of tailored, culturally appropriate resources to support the provision of palliative care at home for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Palliative Care Clinic Box contains a range of hard copy resour...
Dementia Action Week 2022 will be held from 19-25 September. Dementia impacts close to half a million Australians and almost 1.6 million Australians are involved in their care. This year’s Dementia Action Week campaign ‘a little support makes a big difference’ demonstrates that many people liv...
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