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Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Biodiversity Children Citizenship and Governance Coorporate Accountability Culture Decolonization Development Drug Control Economics and Finance Education Extreme poverty Family Food Governance HIV/AIDS Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples Intellectual Property Justice Minority Rights Population Social Development Sports for Peace and Development United Nations Funding Values Violence Women Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Research Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and health Women and poverty Women in power and decision-making Population: Morbidity and mortality Population distribution and internal migration Population growth Population structure Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Public Administration: Governance and Public Administration Knowledge Systems and E-government Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Aging Conflict Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Youth Statistics: Crime and criminal justice statistics Demographic and social surveys Development indicators Methodological publications in statistics Population and housing censuses Poverty statistics Social Statistics and Social Monitoring Sustainable Development: Biodiversity Capacity-building Climate change Demographics Education Gender equality Health Indicators
Geographic scope:	Local
Country of activity:	Australia
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Our Purpose Statement is an enduring statement of AMSWS’s reason for existence. It describes what we do, whom we do it for, and how we do it: Sovereign Aboriginal Peoples with a state of well being, consistent with our holistic concept of health, at least equal to that which existed prior to invasion and colonisation, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities inherent in our unceded sovereignty. AMSWS will work collaboratively with our Members, Patients and key stakeholders and our endeavours will be driven by our guiding Principles of: Our Vision In collaboration with our Members, Patients and Partners, the Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney is the Leader in improving the physical, social, emotional, cultural, and spiritual wellbeing of Aboriginal People. This will be achieved by the following Guiding Principles: • Concepts of health as holistic; • The right of self determination; • The impact of history in trauma and loss; • The need for cultural understanding; • The recognition of human rights; • The impact of racism and stigma; • Recognition of the centrality of kinship; • Recognition of different communities and needs; • Aboriginal strengths; • Universal access to basic health care; • High quality health care services & • Equitable funding for health care. Adopted from the National Aboriginal Health Strategy of 1989).
Year established:	1982
Year of registration:	1987
Organizational structure:	Our organisation is managed and controlled by an Aboriginal Board of Management who are elected by the local Aboriginal Community with an elected Board. We have over 70 staff.
Number and type of members:	We have approximately 187 Members and we have over 18,000 clients registered with our organisation.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Our NSW Peak body - the Aboriginal Health Research Council of NSW (NSW AHMRC); and our national peak organisation the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources

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