Primary Care Partnership

Closing the Gap in Aboriginal Health

Latest News

ISEPICH is committed to Closing the Gap (CTG) on Aboriginal Health Inequality.

For the latest news on CTG in the southern metro region see the December 2011 Newsletter. You can also view the September 2011 Newsletter , featuring St Kilda resident and respected local Elder, Graham Geebung (pages 6-7).

For statewide CTG news see http://www.health.vic.gov.au/aboriginalhealth/victoria/index.htm

Family Dispute Resolution Scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Trainees , Course information and Application form. Family Dispute Resolution service providers are invited to support individual applications under this pilot project - closing date 27 January 2012.

Andy Cowen Benefit Concert - in support of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC), in partnership with CASSE. CAAC is the main Aboriginal health service caring for Aboriginal people in Central Australia. CASSE is a non-profit psychoanalytic organisation dedicated to 'Creating a Safe Supportive Environment'. 15 January, Lorne, $35.

Position available - Project Manager at Shop Healthy Options Project in Remote Indigenous Communities. (Open application)

In 2011, several ISEPICH members made a submission to the Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.Visit the YouMeUnity website for the latest information.

The ISEPICH Executive has endorsed the Statement Of Commitment for Building And Maintaining Improved and Ongoing Partnerships Between the Department of Health & Department of Human Services Southern Metropolitan Region And Aboriginal Organisations and Community across the Southern Metropolitan Region.