However, it also shows that concerning
health gaps remain between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Yet
the health gap remains a national tragedy,» said Pat Turner (pictured above), Co-Chair of the Close the Gap Campaign and CEO of National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.
Not exact matches
When it comes to gender equality, the data
remains stark, according to the World Economic Forum's 2017 Gender
Gap Report, which captures the the magnitude of gender - based disparities across economies, education,
health and political engagements.
The most challenging gender
gaps remain in the economic and
health spheres.
«Today we made significant progress in bridging the
remaining gaps between the two
health insurance reform bills,» President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in a joint statement Wednesday evening.
«Most states report Medicaid covers children's key mental
health services but
gaps remain.»
Big
gaps in knowledge
remain about
health effects of cannabis use, for good or ill.
While global investment in women's, children's, and adolescents»
health has increased in recent years, significant
gaps remain.
Though cancer insurance bridges the long
gap between the inclusions and exclusions provided by your
health insurance plan, the confusion still
remains intact - is it worth the extra cost?
Perhaps the most famous and shocking
gap in Australia's
health outcomes is between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, where the ten - year life expectancy difference has
remained, despite a polity that purports to have placed a high priority on the issue.
It
remains a barrier to governments seeking to close the
gap on
health outcomes, and to improve economic participation through employment and education.
Because of these rapid
health gains in the general population, and despite some significant
health gains being made by Indigenous peoples in the 1970s and 1980s, the relative
health status of the two population groups is marked by a significant equality
gap that has
remained static or even grown wider across a number of indicators as set out below in the text under various sub-headings.
Articulating and strengthening links between the IAS and the Closing the
Gap Strategy will strengthen both policies and also ensure that
health remains a priority at the national level.