Northern Territory Aboriginal environmental health program

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Aboriginal environmental health program was established by the Northern Territory government to help Indigenous communities develop and maintain healthy, clean living standards and combat the spread of infectious diseases (e.g. diarrhoeal, acute respiratory and skin infections). The program has an environmental health officer working in Darwin and the four regional areas of Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs.

The aims of the program include:

• providing support to environmental health workers based in Indigenous communities
• collaborating with other departments and programs to strengthen the ability of Indigenous communities to improve health outcomes
• providing assistance for housing and infrastructure projects under the NT Indigenous housing program
• providing community training and advice services, and
• developing and enforcing environmental health legislation and regulations

Contacts

Environmental Health - Greater Darwin Region
2nd Floor Casuarina Plaza
Trower Road
Casuarina NT 0811
PO Box 40596
Casuarina NT 0811
Ph: (08) 8922 7377
Fax: (08) 8922 7036
Email:envirohealth@nt.gov.au

Environmental Health - Katherine
Ground Floor O'Keefe House
Katherine Hospital
Katherine NT 0852
PMB 73
Katherine NT 0852
Ph: (08) 8973 9061
Ph:(08) 8973 9062
Fax: (08) 8973 9063
Email:envirohealth@nt.gov.au

Environmental Health - Barkly
Health Development Building
Cnr Schmidt & Windley Streets
Tennant Creek NT 0861
PO Box 346
Tennant Creek NT 0861
Ph: (08) 8962 4302
Fax: (08) 8962 4420
Email:envirohealth@nt.gov.au

Environmental Health - Central Australia
Mwerre House
60 Hartley Street
Alice Springs NT 0871
PO Box 721
Alice Springs NT 0871
Ph: (08) 8955 6122
Fax: (08) 8952 5927
Email:envirohealth@nt.gov.au

Environmental Health - East Arnhem
Community Health Building
Endeavour Square
Nhulunbuy NT 0881
PO Box 421
Nhulunbuy NT 0881
Ph: (08) 8987 0440
Ph:(08) 8987 0441
Fax: (08) 8987 0444
Email:envirohealth@nt.gov.au

Environmental Health - Tiwi Islands
Block 4
Royal Darwin Hospital
Casuarina NT 0811
PO Box 40596
Casuarina NT 0811
Ph: (08) 8922 8198
Fax: (08) 8922 7979
Email:envirohealth@nt.gov.au

Related publications

Territory Health Services (2001)

Environmental health standards for remote communities in the Northern Territory (includes addendum 1).

Darwin: Northern Territory Government

• Links
• View report: Environmental health standards for remote communities in the Northern Territory (PDF - 2.1 MB)
• View report: Environmental health standards for remote communities in the Northern Territory: addendum 1 (PDF - 73.3 KB)
• View website: Northern Territory Government

Links

• View information: Aboriginal environmental health program
• View website: Northern Territory Government, Department of Health and Families