Health Minister Greg Hunt announced yesterday a pledge of $3.5 Million dollars to the National Strategic Action Plan on Kidney Disease.
Over a million Australians are estimated to have a kidney disease, with 17,000 Australians losing their lives to Kidney disease during 2017.
It is estimated that over three per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples aged 15 and over live with kidney disease, a rate three times higher than the national average.
The action plan is intended to alleviate the disproportionate burden on Australian First Nations people.
It also aimed at increasing early intervention with chronic kidney disease as early detection can change the course of the illness and dramatically increase survivability rates.