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Article on Smoking appears in Public Health Journal |
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A recent article in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health discusses smoking on the APY Lands. Rosalind Butler and Paul Torzillo from Nganampa Health contributed to the article, a copy of which can be accessed from this web site. The data was collected by the Mai Wiru program that used to be managed by Nganampa Health but is now a separate organisation.
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Congratulations to Barbara Moore, Mary Willis, Lloyd Inkamala and Dianne Strangways who have all recently completed HLT33207 Certificate III in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care. Nganampa Health Council is a registered training organisation and training is provided by Cyndi Cole and Jennifer Summerfield. Our Health Worker Training program is funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. This year a number of Aboriginal Health Workers will be working towards Certificate IV.
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The 2008/09 Annual Report is now available for this website and can be accessed from the "Download Reports and Documents" section. The report is now predominantly an electronic report. The paper report that is produced is printed on recycled paper and uses the Clean Green Print process. As well as being better for the environment, our printing costs have been substantially reduced.
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Construction of Nganampa Health Council's new mobile dental surgery has commenced. The new dental clinic is currently being constructed on the rear of a new truck. The current surgery is close to 17 years old and has outlasted its useful life. The new surgery will improve our ability to provide dental care to all patients on the APY Lands. Funding for this project was provided by the Department of Health and Ageing through the National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program. The South Australian Dental Service have been providing advice on the design.
Photos of the construction can be accessed from the Photo Gallery section of this website.
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Nganampa Health is please to announce that Zaachariaha Fielding has been awarded a scholarship through the Nganampa Health Council Anangu Study Scholarship Fund. Zaachariaha will be studying music at Adelaide University after achieving a perfect 20/20 in music in his year 12 studies. We will be continuing to pay a scholarship to Patrick Walker who is also studying music at Adelaide University. We wish both students well and would like to thank all the staff and friends of Nganampa Health who have donated money to the scholarship fund.
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Nganampa Health Council gains accreditation |
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Nganampa Health Council is pleased to announce that it is now an Accredited General Practice through Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited (AGPAL). AGPAL accredits general practices in Australia. All practices accredited with AGPAL are assessed against standards provided by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. All NHC offices and clinics were surveyed and have met RACGP standards
AGPAL accredited practices meet a set of standards set by the RACGP to ensure safe high quality care is delivered to patient. The standards cover areas such as practice services, rights and needs of patients, quality assurance and education, practice administration, and physical factors.
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