The projects’ success in reducing Scabies reminds us of the importance of ‘HLP2: Washing Clothes and Bedding’. Community members from Barunga and up to 30km’s away come to use the…
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) welcomed the November announcement by Minister for Health Greg Hunt of the $10 million Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change….
Community collaboration and achieving a target percentage of local Indigenous employment is essential to the success of every Housing for Health project. Every Housing for Health project employs local…
In October, Shelter NSW hosted an open forum discussing how Councils can deliver stronger outcomes on affordable housing for their communities across NSW. Councillors, candidates, council staff and community members…
Over the past 20 years of Housing for Health, project teams have witnessed many failed showers – one of the most important pieces of Health Hardware in a house. All…
Director, David Donald, talks with RMIT students. RMIT run a multidisciplinary course on Housing and Health. Dave talked with students about priorities in Housing for Health and the risk of…
The Government has announced a Regional Housing Taskforce in response to increasing pressures on the supply and affordability of housing in Regional NSW. Earlier this year, Shelter NSW independently committed…
What will happen if the water runs dry? The fate of the NT’s largest ever groundwater extraction licence is distressing traditional owners of Ali Curung in the Barkley Region, NT….
The condition of housing has long been associated with the health of people. Recent research featured in the Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin further proves the importance of ‘Housing for Health’;…
Overcrowding has been acknowledged as a social determinant exasperating the risk of COVID-19 transmission. As various news articles report, 30 caravans have been established in Wilcannia as temporary accommodation for…
All Housing for Health Projects have been put on hold except for emergency repairs due to this latest COVID outbreak. There are over 13 active Housing for Health projects across…
Australia is the only developed country that has endemic trachoma. Almost all cases of trachoma are detected in remote Aboriginal communities. The Environmental Health Trachoma Project #endingtrachoma aims to reduce…