Minum Barreng

The Story of the Indigenous Eye Health Unit

Tess Ryan, Tim Senior, Linda Doherty (editor)
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Minum Barreng

The Story of the Indigenous Eye Health Unit

Tess Ryan, Tim Senior, Linda Doherty (editor)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have the best eyesight in the world. Yet by the age of 40, Indigenous people in Australia are six times more likely to go blind from preventable diseases than non-Indigenous Australians.
Things happen during the life course to make vision loss increase, and many of these reasons can be traced to a lack of care, a lack of access to care, and the impact of colonisation. Minum Barreng: The Story of the Indigenous Eye Health Unit shines a light on the determined team who have worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples since 2008 to prove that Australia has the will, the means and the moral obligation to close the gap in this serious health inequity. This is a story of vision in both senses of the word-and of strength and opportunity.
Things happen during the life course to make vision loss increase, and many of these reasons can be traced to a lack of care, a lack of access to care, and the impact of colonisation. Minum Barreng: The Story of the Indigenous Eye Health Unit shines a light on the determined team who have worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples since 2008 to prove that Australia has the will, the means and the moral obligation to close the gap in this serious health inequity. This is a story of vision in both senses of the word-and of strength and opportunity.

Tess Ryan

Tess Ryan

Tess Ryan is a Biripi academic writer and consultant, who also has Irish and Chinese heritage. She lives in Naarm.

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Tim Senior

Tim Senior

Tim Senior is a general practitioner who works in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. His cultural influences come mainly from his working-class Yorkshire Methodist roots, in northern England. He now lives and works on Dharawal Country.

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Linda Doherty

Linda Doherty

Linda Doherty (editor) is a journalist and editor who has worked at The Newcastle Herald, The Sydney Morning Herald and Croakey Health Media. She is of Irish ancestry and lives on Dharawal Country.

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