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New online training and toolkit for health professionals

20 May 2020
COVID-19
A white tile on a background of indigenous art design. In the tile on the left is an image of Dr Shannon Springer. On the right are the words: Shout out to our healthcare workers who are out working at the forefront with our people.

Health workers are doing an incredible job keeping communities safe from coronavirus.

Health workers are doing an incredible job keeping communities safe from coronavirus.

There are five online training modules being developed to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals in responding to cases of COVID-19 and support public health efforts to manage outbreaks in remote communities.

The first two online training modules, ‘Introduction to COVID-19’, and ‘Contact Tracing in Remote Communities’, are now available online.

A COVID19 resource toolkit [PDF 13MB] has been developed to help health care workers with tips and information to care for themselves and resources to share in the community.

Find out more

To stay up to date and find out more, visit www.health.gov.au.