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Aboriginal Health Workers improve their knowledge and skills about medicines Aboriginal Health Workers improve their knowledge and skills about medicines
Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have difficulty obtaining medicines and therefore use them much less than other Australians.
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and NPS work together on projects designed to help Aboriginal Health Workers improve their knowledge and skills about medicines.
You can:
- Contact a pharmacist for the cost of a local call.
- Order free NPS publications, e.g. MedicinesTalk, Medimate.
- Read about the Good Medicines Better Health project.
- Aboriginal health workers can order GMBH quality use of medicines resources with this form (online orders coming soon).
- Aboriginal health workers can order GMBH hypertension resources with this form (online orders coming soon).
MedicinesTalk articles you might find useful:
Date published: 2011-09-13 00:00:00
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