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Three new publications packed with Indigenous health news – get your copies here

Melissa Sweet
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Croakey projects, Indigenous health, #AHMRC16, #ATSISPEP, #WICC2016

Comprehensive reports from three recent Indigenous health conferences are now freely available to Croakey readers.

Many thanks to the conference organisers for enlisting the Croakey Conference News Service and to colleagues Marie McInerney and Summer May Finlay for their multi-media conference coverage.

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Cancer news – #WICC2016

Marie McInerney covered the inaugural World Indigenous Cancer Conference in Brisbane.

See her articles and video reports here – and download a comprehensive report compiling these articles and related conference news here.

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Suicide prevention – #ATSISPEP

Summer May Finlay covered the inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention conference in Alice Springs.

See her articles and video reports here – and download a comprehensive report compiling these articles and related conference news.

Many thanks to Frank Meany for his philanthropic grant.

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Tackling tobacco and chronic conditions – #AHMRC16

Marie McInerney covered the AHMRC conference, Tackling Tobacco and Chronic Conditions, in Sydney.

See her articles and video reports here – and download a comprehensive report compiling these articles and related conference news here.

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Three new publications packed with Indigenous health news – get your copies here

Cancer news – #WICC2016

Suicide prevention – #ATSISPEP

Tackling tobacco and chronic conditions – #AHMRC16

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