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The Royal Australasian College of Physicians is calling for the elimination of gaps between the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Aotearoa NZ and Australia.
In a landmark Statement on Indigenous Child Health, it highlighted the need to understand colonial history and how privilege and racism operates within health care systems.
Danny de Lore from Ngāti Tuwharetoa, who chairs the college’s Indigenous Child Health Working Group, says while there are some differences, a lot of the root causes behind negative statistics and health outcomes is common to both countries.
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Media release from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Thursday 17 December 2020, 10:35 AM
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A person nurtured in the community contributes strongly to society.
Learn the colonial history of your country. Recognise the strength and resilience of whānau. Understand how privilege and racism operates within health care systems and be open to naming it. Promote the use of te reo and tikanga Māori in workplaces.
These are some of the recommendations for paediatricians in Aotearoa NZ and Australia in a landmark publication released today by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP).
Its inaugural
Statement on Indigenous Child Health is unequivocal: the gaps between the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Aotearoa NZ and Australia must be eliminated.