November 14th, 2014
Aboriginal leaders and advocates are warning the “chaos and dysfunction” caused by closing down remote Indigenous communities will cost the West Australian Government far more than addressing existing issues. The…
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November 6th, 2014
The attached article promotes the idea that encouraging entrepreneurs in sanitation will improve conditions in developing countries. HH is happy to use any means available to improve living conditions but…
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June 17th, 2014
With all the plumbing work happening in HH projects in Nepal, Bangladesh, South Africa and most recently in Singapore and the important connections made between plumbing and health, what better…
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May 9th, 2014
Fair Trading Minister Stuart Ayres has welcomed the launch of a pilot program to provide annual Plumbing Health Checks for Aboriginal housing providers and their tenants living in rural and…
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May 7th, 2014
How can a few committed senior Australians improve the lives of children in Nepal? With some wool, skill and hundreds of hours of careful, creative knitting. . . . A…
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April 18th, 2014
Maybe there are signs of progress in improving eye health in Australia? To see some progress in the reduction of trachoma in Australia, read the article (shown below) from the Australian…
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April 2nd, 2014
Since the launch in early October 2013, Housing for Health: The Guide, the number of people visiting the site has grown and the spread has broadened from Australia to an…
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March 16th, 2014
When Yami Lester was the Chairman of Nganampa Health Council in the mid 1980s he summed up the environmental health review work of UPK as “water in, shit out”. The…
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March 3rd, 2014
A note sent to HH from Central Australia highlights not just asbestos risks, but how these risks have increased with the change in the control of Indigenous housing. For the…
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December 23rd, 2013
The authors Dr Emma BakerDr Laurence LesterProfessor Andrew BeerMs Kate MasonDr Rebecca Bentley Abstract Housing is a central component of productive, healthy and meaningful lives, and a principle social determinant of…
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November 21st, 2013
Dani is employed by Monash University as a Research Fellow. Her current work is funded as part of the AusAID Australian Development Research Awards Scheme. She is also affiliated with…
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November 8th, 2013
Rural Habitat, an exhibition of low-cost housing for rural and remote communities in Mexico by Mobile Workshop Architects (MWA) in collaboration with NGO Vasco de Quiroga PXXI, opens in Customs…
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