SYDNEY – A spike in hantavirus chatter has prompted what public health insiders are describing as a “remarkable surge” in non-Indigenous interest in Aboriginal traditional medicine.
GP clinics report a 400 per cent increase in patients asking whether “the old people knew anything about this.” Health bureaucrats have responded with a “Stakeholder Engagement Roundtable” – Wednesday, Zoom, 90 minutes, catering not provided.
The National Health and Medical Research Council confirmed it has not funded a new Indigenous-led research grant on bush medicine in 18 months but is “actively considering the strategic landscape.” A senior Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation CEO confirmed her sector has been actively curing things on this continent for upwards of 65,000 years and is contactable by email.
“We’ve been here. We are here. We have done the work” she said. “Whether the funding follows the rhetoric is, traditionally, a separate question.”
The Department of Health and Aged Care has announced an Information Campaign. The campaign features a stock photo of a gum tree.
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