Powerful, moving stories about the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) upon Indigenous peoples globally were shared as part of an international Twitter festival that trended nationally this morning.
The #IndigenousNCDs event was held in the lead up to the 27 September UN Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases and followed a series of articles at Croakey, examining the declaration’s significance for for Indigenous peoples.
The Twitter discussions were moderated by Summer May Finlay and Dr Kate Armstrong, who are co-chairing a movement that seeks to promote the voices and experiences of Indigenous peoples within the global NCDs discourse – follow @IndigenousNCDs and this Twitter list.
Introductions
Summer May Finlay is a Yorta Yorta woman from Australia and Co-Chair of #IndigenousNCDs.
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The NCD Alliance
Lucy Westerman is a Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer with the NCD Alliance
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Indigenous Working Group of WFPHA
Emma Waimarie is a Member of the Indigenous Working Group of the World Federation of Public Health Associations
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Youth voices
Zac Penner is a Metis medical student at the University of Manitoba. Nadine Clopton in a non-Indigenous student at Lehigh University and NGO Youth Representative for CLAN. Kaitlyn Hunsberger is a member of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation in Arizona. Her Hunsberger’s statement can be found online here
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Dr Barry Lavallee
Dr Barry Lavallee is a member of the Manitoba First Nation and Metis communities and family physician specialising in Indigenous health and northern practice. His article in the #IndigenousNCDs series can be found here.
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Professor Alex Brown
Professor Alex Brown is an Aboriginal medical doctor and researcher, specialising in depression and heart disease in Aboriginal men
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Aboriginal Community Controlled success stories
Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (AHMRC) is the peak representative body and voice of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in NSW
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On partnerships
Summer May Finlay and Kate Armstrong, who is a public health physician and President of CLAN (Caring & Living As Neighbours), which provides Secretariat support to the #IndigenousNCDs movement.
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