World hails indigenous health efforts
28/8/08
The apology to indigenous people and new efforts to close the nation’s yawning health gap have won Australia praise in a major international report which aims to redesign world health. The WHO report has highlighted Australia’s poorest health statistic - the 17-year gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal men and other males - while at the same time giving a global endorsement to new initiatives under federal Labor. The top-level commission praised the February apology to the stolen generation as a good example of a government “recognising the unique history of colonisation on indigenous peoples and the need for special measures”.
See: http://news.theage.com.au/national/world-hails-indigenous-health-efforts-20080829-4529.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, health, Reconciliation, UN