Seven Yarns about Living Well in a Koori Community
PORTFOLIO: Health and Ageing
URL: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws017.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=8
SNIPPET: Indigenous people in East Gippsland will learn more about managing Type 2 diabetes through a new Federal Government funded seven week education program. The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, today announced a grant of $89,131 for the Bairnsdale Regional Health Service to implement `Seven Yarns about living well in a Koori Community'. The `Seven yarns about living well in a Koori community' program is one of 82 projects funded by the Rudd Government to provide much needed assistance to those Australians dealing with chronic illness.