There is a positive relationship between the sustainability and use of Indigenous language and an Indigenous person’s emotional and physical wellbeing. Image: REUTERS/David Gray

Precision Public Health Fellow, Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases , Roy Hill Community Foundation

Medical Director, Rare Care Centre , Perth Children’s Hospital

Hoffmann Fellow, Precision Medicine and Emerging Biotechnologies , World Economic Forum

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