Social Impact Case Studies

Telehealth is as old as the telephone. We need to make it about people and health outcomes.

The CEO of the Healthy Communities Foundation Australia addressed a national gathering of rural people in Perth.

Investing in community co-design and place-based solutions essential if we are to address suicide rates in rural and remote towns.

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When Armidale GPs Maree Puxty and Terry Bolshen decided it was time to retire they had a problem - there was no-one suitable to take over...

Educational attainment declines the further you move away from the city contributing to high youth unemployment and long term health...

A new Aboriginal medicine garden forms a core component of the Community Hub in Collarenebri. Aboriginal medical technique were built...

For years, rural and remote residents have been forced to travel to a regional or metropolitan city for heart monitoring to detect...

Health workforce shortages in rural and remote Australia results in rural residents experiencing health outcomes well below the levels of...

A new diabetic retinopathy imaging machine donated by the Brien Holden Foundation is transforming medical care for diabetes patients in...

Access to dental health care in rural and remote Australia continues to be a major challenge. Oral health is an important part of overall...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a range of problems caused by exposure of babies to alcohol when they are in their mum's tummy....

The Galariinbaraay/Collarenebri local community came together to show their support for residents struggling with mental health...

Government should be a spotlight on communities rather than control the spotlight, according to Mark Burdack, CEO of the Healthy...

The Chair of the charity Healthy Communities Foundation Australia (formerly Rural and Remote Medical Services or RARMS) Richard Anicich...

Consistent with its 2022 commitment to support the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the Board of the Healthy Communities Foundation...

The Healthy Communities Foundation Australia, one of Australia’s leading rural and remote community development for health institutes,...

(SUPPLIED: Mark Burdack, CEO, Healthy Communities Foundation Australia addresses National Health Workforce Summit on People-Centred...

The Healthy Communities Foundation Australia Ltd has welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government of plans to reform Medicare....

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