Planning for and responding to pandemic influenza emergencies: it's time to listen to, prioritize and privilege Aboriginal perspectives
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Crooks, Kristy
Massey, Peter
Taylor, Kylie
Miller, Adrian
Campbell, Sandra
Andrews, Ross
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Australia’s Indigenous peoples account for 3% of the
country’s population yet continue to experience
disproportionately higher rates of mortality and
hospitalization for many infectious diseases.1 The
2009 influenza pandemic had an inequitable impact
on Indigenous peoples in Australia,2 New Zealand,3 the
Americas and the Pacific.4 Genuine and tangible actions
that include Indigenous peoples in the planning and
response for pandemic influenza is overdue. This paper
will identify some of the strategies to incorporate the
perspectives of Australia’s Indigenous peoples (hereafter
Aboriginal) in planning and responding to infectious
disease emergencies.
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Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
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