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NT’s largest Aboriginal community, Maningrida, takes control of local health service
The Northern Territory’s largest remote community has taken full control of its health service after 45 years under government oversight.
Key points:
- Maningrida’s primary health care centre is now in Aboriginal hands
- Mala’la Health’s chief executive says the community has pushed for the handover for decades
- The remote clinic is one of the Northern Territory’s busiest
The new Mala’la Health Service Aboriginal Corporation will oversee primary health care in Maningrida — also known as Manayingkarírra — and its surrounding homelands, which have about 3,500 residents.
Mala’la Health chairman Charlie Gunabarra said there had been too many recent deaths and he hoped locally focused and culturally appropriate care would help change this pattern.
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