Laureate Professor Hugh Taylor AC
Laureate Professor Emeritus, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
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Health & Medicine
To improve Indigenous health, we must improve Indigenous housing
In order to see improvements in Indigenous health, we must improve Indigenous housing and that can only be done with Indigenous involvement and leadership
Health & Medicine
The Indigenous eye-care gap is closing, but not fast enough
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-led approach to managing COVID-19 provides lessons for closing the gap on vision – but more government support is essential
Health & Medicine
Schools must provide soap to maintain basic hygiene
Good hygiene practices are more important than ever with the COVID-19 outbreak, but soap isn’t provided as standard in all schools
Health & Medicine
Can we close the gap on blindness by 2020?
While the Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision is working to improve vision and eye health for Indigenous Australians, there are still areas that need attention
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Closing the Gap for vision
Blindness is a devastating disability that impacts disproportionately on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but the good news is that some solid progress is being made
Made Possible By Melbourne
Relentless data gathering and analysis is paying off as we close the gap on Indigenous eye health by 2020
Health & Medicine
A clearer view
Research and persistence is paying off, positioning Australia to finally eliminate the blinding eye disease trachoma from remote communities
Health & Medicine
Closing the Gap: Good policy or just target practice?
Academics at the forefront of Indigenous affairs give their take on the government report that sets goals to reduce the disadvantages of Australia’s first peoples