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The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) is the peak body for Aboriginal community controlled primary health services in the Northern Territory of Australia. It has offices in Alice Springs and Darwin but works across the entire Northern Territory. AMSANT was formally established in October 1994 at a meeting of Aboriginal health services which was held in Central Australia. In 1995 AMSANT successfully led the move take Australian Government funding of Aboriginal health from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) to direct funding through the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH), a division of the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA). AMSANT played a leading role in ensuring significantly increased funding to Aboriginal Comprehensive Primary Health Care as a consequence of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (the "Intervention"). It is an independent, not for profit organisation and receives funding from the Australian Government, the Northern Territory Government and from a range of charities and non government organisations, including the Fred Hollows Foundation. AMSANT is a partner in the Northern Territory Aboriginal Health Forum, which determines Aboriginal health policy in the Northern Territory in conjunction with the Australian and Northern Territory governments. AMSANT is an affiliate of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO). ==Overview== AMSANT supports Aboriginal health services by advocating for the right of local Aboriginal communities to control their own primary health care services and to have those services funded adequately. As a peak body, AMSANT assists its member services through lobbying for improvements in the health status of Aboriginal people, promoting Aboriginal self-determination and community control and through representing its member services in meetings and negotiations. AMSANT also works with Aboriginal communities who wish to establish a community controlled Aboriginal health service, and with communities who do not control the existing local health service but wish to have greater input into determining the policies and priorities of the primary health services they do receive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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