Closing the Gap: investing in Aboriginal community-controlled health and wellbeing infrastructure

Victorian health and wellbeing Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) provide health and wellbeing services to the  Aboriginal community. They are effective and efficient because they provide culturally safe services, and they help close the gap in Aboriginal health and wellbeing outcomes.

Many ACCOs are operating in dilapidated ‘hand-me down’ buildings that were not designed for their current use as community health facilities. Many of these buildings are falling apart, uncomfortable to work in and below minimum expected standards. The research finds ACCOs could do much more if their infrastructure worked.

This research report, jointly developed by Infrastructure Victoria and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) recommends the Victorian Government act now to fund urgent repairs to make ACCO buildings safe, operational and efficient.

Join our panel as they discuss the findings from our report, Investing in Aboriginal health and wellbeing infrastructure: securing safe and sustainable Community-controlled care.

The panel

• Dr Jonathan Spear, CEO Infrastructure Victoria
• Dr Jill Gallagher AO, CEO VACCHO