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ABC Online | Elcho Island elders celebrate new dialysis nurse and treatment, bringing them home to families
The newly staffed renal unit at Galiwin'ku means respected elders who have been stuck in Darwin for kidney dialysis treatment can now travel home – four patients at a time – for up to three or four months.
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Territory Kidney Care: integrated chronic disease support in the NT
TKC represents a collaboration between Menzies School of Health Research, NT Health and the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT).
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Winner The Margaret Kelaher Best PhD Paper 2021 - Dr Gillian Gorham
The study discussed in Gillian's paper explored the concept of ‘place’ in the cost of dialysis service delivery in the NT.
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Territory Q | NT Digital Excellence Awards
Community Benefit Award in partnership with DXC Technology - Menzies Territory Kidney Care
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ABC News | No solution before NT election for Indigenous dialysis patients desperate to get home
Researcher Gillian Gorham was inspired to study the costs of remote dialysis after witnessing the change in a Groote Eylandt community when a respected elder returned home.
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A new action plan to tackle kidney disease
The Government has launched the National Strategic Action Plan for Kidney Disease and awarded $3.5 million in funding to organisations to take immediate action.
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ABC Life Matters - the gap in Indigenous life expectancy
The death this week of the wonderful singer Dr G Yunipingu at the age of just 46 from long-term illness, brings home once again the disparity in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.