Preventable blindness and other eye conditions are being tackled head on in regional and remote WA, with a mobile eye health van seeing more than 1200 patients in its first six months.
The Aboriginal Health Council of WA has partnered with the Lions Eye Institute to run a pilot project to test the procedures and protocols for delivering mobile health services across WA.
The Community Compact project seeks to detail how services...
A training program for Aboriginal Health Workers to administer vaccinations will expand into more
regional areas, with figures suggesting the program has already contributed to increasing
immunisation rates among Aboriginal children.
The State Government has released figures that show Aboriginal immunisation rates in 5 year olds
have exceeded those of non-Aboriginal children, with 94.3% of Aboriginal children now vaccinated. ...