Victorian Aboriginal families receive major boost in this year’s State Budget with more than $357 million delivered for Victorian Aboriginal communities

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 25 November 2020

Tags: Victorian State Budget, COVID-19, coronavirus, Aboriginal-led, Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander, ACCO, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, VACCHO, Jill Gallagher, DHHS, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Victorian Government, Aboriginal health

Victorian Aboriginal families have received a major boost in this year’s State Budget with much needed investments in housing, infrastructure, and getting people back to work following the state’s crippling second wave of coronavirus.   

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VACCHO welcomes State Budget funding of $4.4m to improve social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander communities during critical recovery phrase of COVID-19

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 13 November 2020

Tags: Victorian State Budget, Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, COVID-19, coronavirusAboriginal-led, balit durn durn, Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander, 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 welcomed a State Budget announcement of $4.4m in funding to improve social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander communities during the critical recovery phrase of COVID-19.

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Historic report marks the first time in Victorian history that Aboriginal voices will be embedded into Victoria’s mental health system

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 11 November 2020

Tags: Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, Aboriginal-led, balit durn durn, Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander, ACCO, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, VACCHO, Jill Gallagher, DHHS, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Victorian Government, Aboriginal health

A historic report to be released today marks the first time in Victorian history that Aboriginal voices will be embedded into Victoria’s mental health system, a long overdue piece of work to support healing in our Communities.

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VACCHO praises Aboriginal communities across Victoria for doing the right thing as the state prepares to move out of lockdown

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 27 October 2020

Tags: Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, self determination, coronavirus, COVID-19, move out of lockdown, Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander, 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 praised Aboriginal communities across Victoria for doing the right thing as the state prepares to move out of lockdown.

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Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation has partnered with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Victoria to grow and retain the GP workforce for Aboriginal communities

Posted by VACCHO & RACGP Communications Teams on 8 October 2020

Tags: RACGP, GP workforce, doctor, Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander, 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 partnered with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Victoria (RACGP Victoria) to grow and retain the GP workforce for Aboriginal communities.

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Free cultural shawls for Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander women to wear and keep have encouraged more women to undergo potentially lifesaving breast screening

Posted by VACCHO & BreastScreen Victoria Communications Teams on 8 October 2020

Tags: The Beautiful Shawl Project, Breastscreen Victoria, breast screen, Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander, ACCO, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, VACCHO, Jill Gallagher, DHHS, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Victorian Government, Aboriginal health

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A lack of Commonwealth Government support towards Closing the Gap targets was the major omission in last night’s federal Budget

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 7 October 2020

Tags: Closing the Gap, federal budget, Josh Frydenberg, Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander, ACCO, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, VACCHO, Jill Gallagher, DHHS, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Victorian Government, Aboriginal health

A lack of Commonwealth Government support towards Closing the Gap targets was the major omission in last night’s federal Budget, according to Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) CEO Jill Gallagher AO.

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Hard work instrumental in suppressing COVID-19 with zero active cases in Victorian communities, but community urged to avoid complacency

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 28 September 2020

Tags: zero cases, Jenny Mikakos, Martin Foley, 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 successful work of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) and its 32 Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) has been instrumental in suppressing COVID-19 with zero active cases in Victorian communities.

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VACCHO, our Members, and the State Government work together in creative and responsive ways to protect the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 14 September 2020

Tags: 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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Governments need to critically invest in Aboriginal-led solutions to prevent further suicide and self-harm to our Communities, says the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 10 September 2020

Tags: 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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