The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Report made over 200 directives about improving the health of people in prisons in its 339 recommendations in 1991. One of these recommendations included additional funding to provide better health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prison.
Yet, there are virtually no staff skilled in engaging with cultural protocols in health services in prisons. And current policies and procedures do little to extend cultural care to families when the death of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in prison has occurred.
The royal commission and the United Nations recommend people in prisons have access to health care equivalent to what is available in the community. However, the system is still strained, as the multiple deaths of Aboriginal people in custody in recent months, inquests revealing gaps in health care, and a health report tabled to NSW Parliament make clear.
Indigenous populations around the world are more likely to be infected by or die of Covid-19 with one notable exception; Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders).
Aboriginal health leaders confident Pfizer coronavirus vaccine can finish AstraZeneca s job
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Known for its extreme temperatures and vast distances, remote Australia poses an enormous logistical challenge to the coronavirus vaccine rollout.
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Health officials are confident they can overcome the enormous challenge of delivering the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine which needs to be stored at below-Arctic temperatures to some of the hottest and most remote parts of Australia.
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But getting that vaccine to remote areas will pose a significant challenge
ACCHOs are confident innovation and careful planning will help with the rollout
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