A new born child and mother returning to their homeland
Miwatj Health Clinic waiting room
Our Mission
Miwatj Health's mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of residents of the communities of the Miwatj Region through the delivery of appropriate and comprehensive primary health care and the promotion and co-ordination of the control by Aboriginal communities of primary health care resources.
Miwatj Health's core functions are:
- The provision of clinical services to Aboriginal communities in the Miwatj Region, including both acute care and longer-term preventative care
- Implementation of a range of population/public health programs and strategies which address the underlying causes of illness
- Advocacy in support of the right of Aboriginal people to control their own health services and for such health services to receive funding and resources adequate to address the health problems of the region
- Ensuring efficient, accountable administrative support and financial systems support the delivery of our services
Miwatj Health Future Plans
Miwatj Health believes that Aboriginal control of health services is essential to achieving improved health outcomes for aboriginal people. Miwatj Health aims to become the regional primary health care services provider for the Gove Peninsula and the regional health co-ordinating body for the Miwatj region. Looking forward Miwatj Health seeks to become
- An effective force for improving the
health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people in the Miwatj Region
Entrance to the Miwatj Health head office in Nhulunbuy - The regional primary health care service provider for Aboriginal people in the Gove Peninsula, and the regional health co-ordinating body for the Miwatj Region
- An effective advocate for improved health services for Aboriginal people
- An effective advocate for improving the social determinants of health in the Miwatj region
- An efficiently managed, financially sound, well governed, accountable organisation