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Aboriginal health News Top 4 

“Keep our mob safe”: Aboriginal communities of western Sydney stepping up to get their COVID-19 vaccinations

25 Jun, 2021, 9:31 am30 Jun, 2021, 3:47 pm Taylah Massingham

Aboriginal community members of western Sydney are stepping up to the plate with more than 28 people receiving their first

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Aboriginal health News Top 4 

Aboriginal newborn introduced to culture in first yarning circle at Westmead Hospital’s Cultural Gathering Place

01 Jun, 2021, 2:30 pm04 Jun, 2021, 3:53 pm Polina Matveycheva

Six-week-old Amelia has already been immersed in her Aboriginal culture during a special smoking ceremony and “yarning circle” at Westmead Health Precinct’s new Cultural Gathering Place.

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Aboriginal health Community Health News Nursing & Midwifery Top 4 

New 24/7 midwifery service for Aboriginal mothers-to-be in western Sydney

05 May, 2021, 6:00 am06 May, 2021, 1:05 pm Polina Matveycheva

The third pregnancy of Joelle Harland-Sykes was special – and not only because was she pregnant with identical twins, which

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Aboriginal health News Top 4 Westmead Health Precinct 

Local culture and history unveiled to western Sydney community

09 Apr, 2021, 1:06 pm21 Apr, 2021, 12:14 pm Taylah Massingham

Local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders have caught their first glimpse of Westmead Health Precinct’s new Cultural Gathering Place.

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Aboriginal health Blacktown Mount Druitt News Top 4 

Aboriginal health worker first to receive COVID-19 vaccine at new Blacktown Hospital vaccination clinic

30 Mar, 2021, 1:15 pm06 Apr, 2021, 2:55 pm Harrison Vesey

The clinic opened its doors today and will support our vaccination efforts in Western Sydney.

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Aboriginal health Featured News Westmead Hospital 

“I was determined”: Aboriginal recruits spread their wings at Westmead Hospital

24 Mar, 2021, 11:17 am24 Mar, 2021, 2:37 pm Harrison Vesey

15 new Aboriginal recruits have joined the general services team.

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Aboriginal health Featured Food News 

Closing the gap with healthy food from, and for, the heart

19 Mar, 2021, 3:03 pm19 Mar, 2021, 3:03 pm Jenny Harrison

WSLHD Aboriginal Health Unit celebrated Close the Gap Day (18 March) with a cooking challenge.

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Aboriginal health Health News 

$1.3m support launched for COVID-19 impacted Aboriginal communities

22 Feb, 2021, 11:46 am10 Apr, 2021, 12:37 pm Jenny Harrison

Applications have opened for Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) to apply for funding to strengthen their support of Aboriginal communities impacted by COVID-19.

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AlertsView All

  • Western Sydney community urged to stay alert for meningococcal symptoms

    Western Sydney community urged to stay alert for meningococcal symptoms

    05 Aug, 2022, 12:01 pm05 Aug, 2022, 12:01 pm Alyssa Terese
  • COVID-19 reinfection period reduced to four weeks

    COVID-19 reinfection period reduced to four weeks

    12 Jul, 2022, 10:52 am12 Jul, 2022, 10:52 am Alyssa Terese
  • COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments available to additional western Sydney residents

    COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments available to additional western Sydney residents

    11 Jul, 2022, 9:00 am12 Jul, 2022, 12:30 pm Alyssa Terese
  • Eleven cases of Monkeypox confirmed in NSW

    Eleven cases of Monkeypox confirmed in NSW

    06 Jul, 2022, 4:12 pm06 Jul, 2022, 4:12 pm Alyssa Terese

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