Request of 2014 budget summary spent in particular on pregnant women in the Indigenous communities in Australia.

Jess Portas-Hills made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Health

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Jess Portas-Hills

Dear Department of Health,

Recently The Guardian published an article online ( http://www.theguardian.com/australia-new... ) stating that the death rates of Indigenous women during childbirth is as high as it is for women in some developing countries.

I wish to follow up this statement by requesting access to the 2014 budget summary spent in particular on pregnant women in the Indigenous communities in Australia as well as any supporting documentation showing correspondence between the Department of Health and specific hospitals in rural areas or indigenous communities to take action/implement programs to reduce the incidence of indigenous death rates during childbirth.

Yours faithfully,
Jess Portas-Hills

FOI, Department of Health

Attention: Jess Portas-Hills

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Kind regards

FOI Unit / Legal Services Branch
Department of Health
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GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601 / MDP 350

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FOI, Department of Health

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Attention: Jess Portas-Hills

 

Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the
Department of Health.

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Unit

Department of Health

' Phone: (02) 6289 1666| 6 Fax: (02) 6289 5601

* GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601

 

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