2024/25 Budget = Continue and expand First Nations respiratory and sexually transmitted disease molecular point of care testing programs

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  • Priority reform:
    Priority Reform Two
  • Outcome:
    Outcome 01
    Outcome 2
  • Responsible Ministers:
    Minister for Health and Aged Care
  • Delivery end date:
    June 2026
  • Is this Indigenous specific?:
    No
  • Resourcing:
    $16.5 million
  • Agency:
    Department of Health and Aged Care
Action description

Provide access to accurate and rapid diagnosis of communicable diseases for First Nations people and people living in rural and remote regions. This program expands service offering of PoCT in ACCHS to 7 infections for respiratory (COVID-19, influenza A, influenza B and respiratory syncytial virus) and sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, trichomonas and gonorrhoea).

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