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A General Practitioner truly passionate about Indigenous health outcomes, Dr Margaret Niemann, from Bairnsdale, Victoria, is the recipient of the 2016 Annette Walker Award. Dr Niemann has been on placements with RAHC since 2011 and completed her 56th placement at the beginning of March 2017.

RAHC is hosting a special evening on 10 February 2017 at the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) branch in Melbourne to meet with Health Professionals interested in working remote.

This event coincides with the annual Remote Emergency Care (REC) course held in Melbourne.  The course is sponsored by RAHC and conducted by CRANAplus.

This year RAHC will be present at the following conferences and we look forward to meeting you there:

As we fast approach the end of the year I would like to personally thank you on behalf of the Board and the entire team at Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) for being part of the ongoing effort to close the gap in Indigenous health outcomes.

New online resource for health professionals to understand Machado Joseph Disease (MJD) was launched at Parliament House in the presence of invited guests and media, in Darwin on 15 November, by the Hon. Warren Snowdon, Federal Member for Lingiari and Shadow Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health.

We are pleased to announce some new roles and a new appointment within the RAHC Placement Team in Canberra, under the leadership of the National Manager Tanya Brunt.

The Remote Primary Health Care project is reviewing content for the latest editions of the Remote Primary Health Care Manuals and is looking for volunteer Health Professionals to read over and review the updated draft content. It would generally consist of 5-7 protocols assigned to a reviewer.

The Board of Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) has appointed Tanya Brunt as Acting General Manager following the departure of Philip Roberts, who led RAHC since 2010.

RAHC has added additional features to the Primary Health Care Plus mobile app that was created in association with CRANAPlus. The new section – Remote Safety, acts as a quick guide to assist RAHC Health Professionals (HPs) with decision making when attending patients after hours. The app supports both Android and Apple software systems. 

NAIDOC Week is celebrated across Australia each year in first week of July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

The RAHC eLearning module suite has moved to a new and improved Learning Management System with effect from 01 July 2016 that is accessible across smart devices.

This new system allows for a better user experience by

First Languages Australia Director Paul Paton and teacher Fay Stewart-Muir explain their plan to use music to teach children "sleeping" Indigenous Australian languages that haven't been spoken for decades.

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Sister Tess Ward has her face painted traditionally, to mark that she belongs to the land in the Aboriginal Community of Wadeye, 400 kilometres from Darwin.

Class has been cancelled so the community can use their ancient culture to honour Sister Tess on her appointment to the Order of Australia for her work in bilingual education.