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our health in our hands partnerships introduction one-stop-shop commonwealth government < state government division of general practice sa aboriginal health partnership commonwealth government Pangula Mannamurna receives most of its funding from the Office of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH), Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing. The long-term strategy of OATSIH is to improve the access of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to comprehensive primary health care services. The aim is to provide coordinated clinical care, population health and health promotion activities to facilitate illness prevention, early intervention and effective disease management. Evidence from Australia and overseas shows that improved access to comprehensive primary health care can make a real and sustainable difference to health status in the longer term. This strategy is firmly based on the principle of working in partnership with the Aboriginal community controlled health sector. The Department is pursuing a three way approach, which: aims to improve access to, and responsiveness of, the mainstream health system; ensure complementary action through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific health and substance use services; and collaborate across governments and the health sector to improve service delivery and outcomes. For more information about what OATSIH does, click on the link below: About OATSIH Back to Top Page last updated on 4 July 2006. http://www.pangula.org.au/partnerships2.html