Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 14 September 2020
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Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander,
COVID-19,
ACCO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
In the face of a global pandemic, the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), its 32 Members, and the State Government have worked together in creative and responsive ways to protect the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 10 September 2020
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suicide prevention day,
RUOK,
coronavirus,
Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander,
COVID-19,
ACCO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
Today marks World Suicide Prevention Day, a global day of action designed to raise awareness of suicide and suicide prevention.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 2 September 2020
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national funding,
Prime Minister Scott Morrison,
coronavirus,
Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander,
COVID-19,
ACCO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on behalf of its 32 Members seeking urgent funding for Victorian Aboriginal communities in their COVID-19 response.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 27 August 2020
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AEC,
Aboriginal Executive Council,
coronavirus,
Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander,
COVID-19,
ACCO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) and members of the Aboriginal Executive Council (AEC) say more should be done to ensure Aboriginal Communities are well placed to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 19 August 2020
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pandemic,
coronavirus,
Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander,
spike in cases,
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ACCO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
Another large spike in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander communities is a stark reminder for Victorians that this pandemic is not over, and people still need to comply with the rules while staying connected.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 12 August 2020
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Department of Health and Human Services,
spike in cases,
young people,
Aboriginal children,
COVID-19,
ACCO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
Young people have been urged to do their bit to help suppress COVID-19 following another spike in cases in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Communities.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 30 July 2020
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National Agreement on Closing the Gap,
Victorian Aboriginal Affairs Framework,
close the gap,
coalition of peaks,
CoP,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 28 July 2020
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Mitchell Shire,
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#KeepOurMobSafe,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
COVID-19,
coronavirus,
testing,
DHHS,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
Victorians have been urged to get serious about the dangers posed by COVID-19 following a large spike in cases in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities over the weekend.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 23 July 2020
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#KeepOurMobSafe,
Ballarat,
Ballarat & District Aboriginal Co-operative,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
COVID-19,
coronavirus,
testing,
DHHS,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has strongly urged Aboriginal people to stay home where they can, to get tested, and to self-isolate at home while waiting for test results after two confirmed cases of COVID-19 were detected in Aboriginal Communities in Ballarat.
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Posted by VACCHO Policy Unit on 16 July 2020
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Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
BLM,
Black Lives Matter,
towers,
Jill Gallagher,
COVID-19,
coronavirus,
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DHHS,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has welcomed a much-needed clarification from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) ruling out a link between last month’s Black Lives Matter rally to Melbourne’s COVID-19 public housing tower cluster.
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