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Who is involved?

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander COVID-19 Point-of-Care Testing Program is managed by:

  • The Kirby Institute, UNSW, Sydney
  • The Flinders University International Centre for Point-of-Care Testing, Flinders University, Adelaide

on behalf of the Indigenous Health Branch, Australia Government Department of Health

… in collaboration with …

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group on COVID-19

Participating Aboriginal community controlled and government health services

National, state and local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations who contributed to jurisdictional meetings

  • National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
  • Aboriginal Health Council of WA
  • Ngaanyatjarra Health Service, WA
  • Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services, WA
  • Aboriginal Health Council of SA
  • Nganampa Health Council, SA
  • Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
  • Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW
  • Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory
  • Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs, NT
  • Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, QLD
  • Apunipima Cape York Health Council, QLD

State health departments and other government services

  • WA Health
  • WA Country Health Service
  • SA Health
  • Department of Health & Human Services, Victoria.
  • NSW Health
  • QLD Health
  • NT Health

Industry

  • Cepheid Inc
  • Medical Communication Associates, Adelaide

Other Centres

  • University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
  • University of Queensland Poche Centre for Indigenous Health

Pathology providers

  • PathWest
  • SA Pathology
  • Territory Pathology
  • NSW Pathology
  • Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory
  • St Vincents Hospital, Sydney

The Program also acknowledges the Professor Lyn Gilbert for her advice on infection control, and the TTANGO2 Program, which utilises the GeneXpert device for point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections – chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomonas. This program is funded by the Health Protection Policy Branch, Australia Government Department of Health and managed by the Flinders University International Centre for Point-of-Care Testing and the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales. For more information, visit www.ttango.com.au.