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ABOUT WINNUNGA NIMMITYJAH
- To provide culturally appropriate medical services for the Aboriginal people in the ACT and Region;
- To promote a holistic approach to good health and healthy lifestyles in a culturally safe environment;
- To ensure that the health needs (physical, social, emotional & cultural wellbeing) of Aboriginal people in the ACT and region are being addressed in a culturally safe and friendly environment;
- To network and liaise throughout the ACT and region with other Aboriginal organisations, non-government organisations/agencies and other mainstream services, as well as ACT/Commonwealth government departments that have an interest in health and related matters. This is to ensure better delivery of services to the ACT and region's Aboriginal people'; and
- To ensure that the health needs of Aboriginal peoples who are incarcerated are being appropriately addressed.
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Services is a primary health care services initiated and managed by the local Aboriginal community to provide a culturally safe holistic health service to the Aboriginal people of the ACT and surrounding areas. The service is governed by a Board whose members are drawn from and elected by the local community.
In Wiradjuri language, Winnunga Nimmityjah means Strong Health. The service logo is the Corroboree Frog that is indigenous and significant to Aboriginal people in the ACT region.
The holistic model of health care provided by Winnunga Nimmityjah AHS encompasses not only medical care, but a range of programs to promote good health and healthy lifestyles.
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service commenced operations in 1988 as a small-scale service provider of medical treatment on a part-time basis. In January 1990 the service began full-time operations. Throughout its establishment, Winnunga Nimmityjah AHS has had three different locations, from 1998 to 20 September 2004 has been located at 91A Wakefield Gardens, Ainslie in the ACT and is now located at 63 Boolimba Crescent Narrabundah ACT 2604.
