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ABORIGINAL HEALERS, BUSH DOCTORS & WESTERN MEDICINE: Bridging the Divide with Dr.Francesca Panzironi

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Synopsis

From Italy to the remote Central Desert in Australia. Thought Leader and International Human Rights academic Dr. Francesca Panzironi created an international platform to document and support the practice of the 60,000 year old Aboriginal traditional healing knowledge system. Traditional Australian Aboriginal healers are working alongside doctors and nurses for the first time in Australia. Dr Panzironi is the founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer of ANTAC, Aṉangu Ngangkaṟi Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation. She applied her knowledge and experience, to promote the recognition of the internationally recognised right of Indigenous Peoples to maintain and practice their traditional medicines within Australia' s national health care system. Dr Panzironi traveled across South Australia for over four years (2008-2012) collecting evidence of the current status of Aboriginal Traditional Medicine in community and clinical settings. The findings of her research are published in Hand-in-Hand. Report on Aborigina