AMAV VICDOC Winter 2024 - Magazine - Page 20
ABE
ROPITINI
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
POPULATION HEALTH,
VACCHO
Abe Ropitini is an Indigenous man of Ngãti Kahungunu
and Ngãti Maniapoto (Aotearoa New Zealand) and
Trawlwoolway (Northeastern Tasmania) descent.
He has been Executive Director of Population Health
at the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled
Health Organisation (VACCHO) since 2020, working on
the Aboriginal community controlled sector’s response
to the COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation of the
Mental Health Royal Commission’s recommendations for
Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing, and overall
advocacy for Aboriginal health. With a background
in medical anthropology and global health, and a
deep interest in Indigenous ways of being, knowing
and doing, Abe is currently undertaking a PhD
in Medical Anthropology at La Trobe University.
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