Rio Tinto Child Health Partnership

The Rio Tinto Child Health Partnership (the Partnership) is a collaborative mechanism designed to fast track improvements in the health and well being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families, proactively addressing Indigenous maternal and child health nationally.

The partnership is an undertaking between the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (The Institute), Rio Tinto Services Ltd (and its consortium of contributors), the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (AER Foundation) and the governments of Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. From an Australian government perspective, the Partnership is supported by the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH) within the Department of Health & Ageing.

The Partnership aimed to deliver improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternal and child health by:

  • providing an evidence base for future policy and decision-making, as well as service provision;
  • focusing on prevention and effective intervention and the development of tangible outcomes; and
  • advocating for collaborative political and community action and social change by gathering and making available key data and research.

For further information on this project, please contact:

Project Manager

Asssociate Professor Colleen Hayward

Project Leader

Dr Clair Scrine

Project Team

Tracey-Lee Edwards
Theresa Venz
Marita Smith

Project Promotional Material

Fact Sheet

Last updated 17 March 2008