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Download your report of #ATSISPC18 and #WISPC18 coverage – sharing knowledge on Indigenous suicide prevention

Melissa Sweet
Friday, December 21, 2018

Indigenous health, Mental health, Suicide, Healthcare, #ATSISPC18, #WISPC18

Please download, read and share this conference report compiling our coverage from the second National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference and the second World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference, which were held in Perth last month.

Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney covered #ATSISPC18 and #WISPC18 for the Croakey Conference News Service. Warm thanks to all who contributed to the coverage, through their presentations, interviews, tweeting and engagement.

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