Danila Dilba VaccinaƟon Service

• Danila Dilba, as the only Aboriginal Community Controlled Health OrganisaƟon in Darwin, provides a broad range of services and has been instrumental in the Territory’s COVID-19 response.

• As the main non-government vaccine provider in the Darwin area, their work has included seƫng up as a COVID-19 test centre and delivering vaccinaƟons.

• As of late July, the vaccinaƟon service had delivered approximately 3960 vaccines, represenƟng almost 4% of the Territory’s vaccinaƟons at that point in Ɵme.

• Danila Dilba’s vaccine service is provided in a culturally safe environment by their Aboriginal staff who are both culturally and linguisƟcally diverse.

• The team also engaged with local homeless and vulnerable people to ensure a whole of community response and so that this group of our populaƟon were not an aŌerthought, but a focus of the vaccinaƟon strategy and made to feel comfortable.

• The panel recognised Danila Dilba’s vaccinaƟon service for their commitment to a whole of community response, their high levels of collaboraƟon and their ongoing work to not only vaccinate but to communicate with their clients, provide a safe and welcoming environment and for their contribuƟon to the Territory’s COVID-19 response.