Ending Trachoma
@EndingTrachoma
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We aim to reduce trachoma in WA remote communities by working alongside Aboriginal Environmental Health Workers. We focus on healthy housing & clean faces.
Perth, Western Australia
Joined August 2018
The Halls Creek 2 day Advocacy in Action workshop produced 17 new advocates- advocating for a Youth Hub, a Pathways program for healthy homes and a local community kitchen! Can’t wait to see what comes of these great ideas @CurtinUni @RuralHealthWes1 @ruralhealth
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The project lead @DrMelStoneham from @CurtinUni will be presenting on project challenges & interim results @EndingTrachoma @ChristinaPolla8 @PHAIWA
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@EndingTrachoma @WHO @PHAIWA @RobertMullane Also reported in the latest editions of #TheZap and #ICYMI: https://t.co/aTK6SrRTcU
https://t.co/e89loTdaqe
croakey.org
Evaluation of the impending social media age restrictions, new findings on social connectedness, advances and setbacks for global health, and
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Fiji has eliminated trachoma with @who confirming that trachoma is no longer a public health problem in Fiji. Sustained efforts included school health, water, sanitation initiatives & community awareness programs https://t.co/OL4eLcmokC
@PHAIWA @RobertMullane @MelissaSweetDr
who.int
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
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Deeply corrugated roads leading to some of Australia's most remote communities are restricting people from visiting families, preventing access to fresh food & health services: https://t.co/wEEclDynwG
@PHAIWA @foodinremotes @RuralHealthWes1 @ChristinaPolla8 @DrMelStoneham
abc.net.au
Indigenous elders and advocates fear worsening roads in the Pilbara, which are littered with the rusted skeletons of abandoned cars, are isolating remote residents.
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Chriso Curley, a Board of Director at @yulella Aboriginal Corporation at the community store in Meekatharra- congrats on improving access to basic goods and fresh produce @PHAIWA @RuralHealthWes1 @MeekaShire
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Two way learning & laughs at the environmental health clinical referral response workshop in Meeka yesterday @PHAIWA @CurtinUni @yulella #bundiyarra #Ngangganawili @RobertMullane
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Congratulations to the Yulella Aboriginal Corporation for establishing a community store in Meekatharra, 750 km north-east of Perth, to improve access to basic goods and fresh produce https://t.co/cgrn0EKW5x
@PHAIWA @yulella @ChristinaPolla8 @DrMelStoneham
abc.net.au
A community group in an outback town is fighting high prices to offer more affordable food, clothing, and other essentials that were previously only available hundreds of kilometres away.
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A fantastic team working in the Nth Goldfields last week focusing on healthy housing and health @PHAIWA @DrMelStoneham @KalMiner @CurtinUni
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Inside Ninga Mia, a forgotten community in the shadow of Kalgoorlie where housing conditions can make families sick @PHAIWA @indigenous_gov @NACCHOAustralia @IndigenousPHAA
abc.net.au
There's an eerie silence in Ninga Mia, a once thriving community on the edge of Kalgoorlie. The Aboriginal reserve is a microcosm of the cycle of displacement endured by many First Nations people.
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The #endingtrachoma project is excited to welcome our new Project Officer Jasper Lush. Jasper comes to the project having worked with remote Aboriginal communities in the areas of art & sport. @CurtinUni @RobertMullane @PHAIWA @DrMelStoneham
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How wonderful to be able to speak about the #endingtrachoma project with these wonderful women in the Esperance region. Ideas are blooming #kepakurl @PHAIWA
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🚨 NEW VIDEO 🎥 | Ever wondered what Environmental Health Officers actually do?Watch our latest video to see the incredible range of work EHOs do across Australia: 🔗 https://t.co/RkKmI2abz3
#EnvironmentalHealth #PublicHealth #EHO
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5 WA remote stores — Warakurna Store, Yakanarra Store, Bayulu Supermarket, Parnngurr Store & Wangkatjungka Store to receive Food Security Resilience funds to reduce food costs in isolated areas impacted by extreme weather & limited infrastructure: https://t.co/ZgJZPwGYbC
@PHAIWA
nit.com.au
Seven additional remote community stores will receive funding under the federal government's Food Security Resilience Package, aimed at reducing food costs in isolated areas impacted by extreme...
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Conducting the price audit of food & sanitation products in Kiwirrkurra. We monitor the cost & affordability of certain foods focusing on the prices of healthy, compared with unhealthy foods. We also compare prices with the next closest supermarket. @CurtinUni @PHAIWA @media_ng
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The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health @UQ_News offers Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander individuals a chance to pursue a PhD through research. Applications are open. Register by 13 July 2025: 🔗 https://t.co/65k6p8DZJO
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Today we held a workshop on environmental health clinical referral responses to a diverse audience including clinic & hospital staff, the RFDS, environmental health practitioners & managers. Big thanks to Ayla & @RobertMullane @CurtinMedia @RuralHealthWes1 @PHAIWA
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Lots of smiles at the Kiwirrkurra School as we made a Six Steps to Stopping Germs video with the students & teachers! A great way to learn & pass on this important trachoma prevention message to young people @CurtinMedia @IEHU_UniMelb @TjamuTjamuPBC @PHAIWA
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The contents of the hygiene kits we provide to remote families align with @IEHU_UniMelb’s six steps to stop germs message. A great partnership to promote hygiene in the home! @Rotary @CurtinMedia @RuralHealthWes1 @PHAIWA
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