
Ending Trachoma
@endingtrachoma
We aim to reduce trachoma in WA remote communities by working alongside Aboriginal Environmental Health Workers. We focus on healthy housing & clean faces.
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https://www.phaiwa.org.au/ 07-08-2018 04:45:32
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Across Australia, about 8.8% of adults smoke every day. In remote First Nations communities, these rates can shoot to 46%. But in Tjuntjuntjara, community leaders fear smoking rates are far higher: abc.net.au/news/2025-04-2… Public Health Advocacy Institute Dr Raglan Maddox Melissa Sweet


The power of partnerships! Fantastic to co-present with Sandi from #EndTrachoma Rotary International about how we work together to prevent trachoma in remote communities at the National EHA, Ltd. conference in Brisbane Public Health Advocacy Institute Curtin University Melissa Stoneham


Photos from the looong trip to get to our workplace this week…Perth to Wingellina in the NG Lands. Public Health Advocacy Institute NGMedia Melissa Stoneham Robert Mullane Melissa Sweet Curtin Media #EndTrachoma



A great week working with our partners to promote healthy homes & the importance of hygiene for health in remote communities Public Health Advocacy Institute Curtin Media #EndTrachoma National Rural Health Association Indigenous Environmental Network


Great news: WHO has validated #Mauritania 🇲🇷 as having eliminated #trachoma as a public health problem, making it the seventh country in WHO African Region  to achieve this significant milestone. WHO is supporting Mauritania’s health authorities to closely monitor communities where




Three more countries are declared trachoma free today by World Health Organization (WHO). Congratulations to them yet Australia continues to battle this preventable disease- healthy & functional homes are critical. australiangovernment Public Health Advocacy Institute Croakey News Curtin Media IEHU Rotary International Department of Communities


Attention Goldfields environmental health & public health practitioners! Pls see below for details on a free environmental health clinical referral workshop being held on Fri 20 June in Kalgoorlie. All welcome Public Health Advocacy Institute Rural Doctors Foundation National Rural Health Association Rural Health West Robert Mullane


Want to boost your advocacy & media skills, connect with like-minded people & develop a community based advocacy plan? This workshop is for you! Curtin Media Students and Young Professionals in Public Health PHAA WA Branch (moving to PHAA-WA.bsky.social) Melissa Sweet Global Health Advocacy Incubator Advocating For Health (A4H) Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA)


Another great week working with many partners in the Pilbara to promote healthy homes, healthy eyes and healthy families. Public Health Advocacy Institute Curtin Media IEHU Pilbara News #EndTrachoma Robert Mullane


The contents of the hygiene kits we provide to remote families align with IEHU’s six steps to stop germs message. A great partnership to promote hygiene in the home! Rotary International Curtin Media Rural Health West Public Health Advocacy Institute



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 Curtin Media IEHU Tjamu Tjamu (Aboriginal Corporation) - Kiwirrkurra Public Health Advocacy Institute


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 & Robert Mullane Curtin Media Rural Health West Public Health Advocacy Institute


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. Curtin University Public Health Advocacy Institute NGMedia


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: nit.com.au/19-06-2025/186… Public Health Advocacy Institute