We estimate more than 200 communities across Australia do not have community drinking water fountains. That must change.
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If we are to reduce the numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people smoking we need to consider a whole suite or approaches.
Nearly all Indigenous Australian children have some form of otitis media, a middle ear infection that often leads to hearing loss.
Rheumatic heart disease is responsible for the highest gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians; higher than diabetes or kidney failure.
Trachoma easily spreads from one child to another through infected eye and nose secretions. A person may have up to 40 episodes of reinfection during childhood.
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Chancellor, University of Canberra
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Academic Specialist, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Paediatrics, Telethon Kids Institute
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Amanda Leach is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor. Leader of the Ear Health Research Program (EHRP), Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research
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Academic Specialist, Indigenous Eye Health Unit, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Senior Fellow, Australian National University
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Assistant Dean Indigenous Strategy & Leadership, University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous Health, Macquarie University
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Associate professor, Health Sciences, Macquarie University
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Director Mayi Kuwayu Study, Australian National University
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Melbourne Laureate Professor, Harold Mitchell Chair of Indigenous Eye Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Australian National University
