Resources

This health report from ABC Radio National features NIKTT Co-Chairs Professors Stephen McDonald and Jaquelyne Hughes. They discuss a study written by NIKTT collaborators that found while eight per cent of non-Indigenous dialysis patients were waitlisted, just two per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients were.

This animated video aims to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients from non-metropolitan areas of WA with information on the process involved in getting a kidney transplant.

The video includes a concise and culturally appropriate overview of a patient’s journey, including learning about kidney disease, treatment options, receiving a new kidney transplant, and life post-kidney transplant.

This educational flipchart is a health practice resource that aims to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with information about kidney disease.

This brochure, created in partnership with DonateLife WA, is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people wanting to learn more about what organ donation means, deciding to donate, and how to become a donor.

This longer brochure details information on what a transplant is, what organ donation is, where people can register to become an organ donor, how families are involved in organ donation, what brain and circulatory death means, and what happens to organs when they are donated.

This brochure was designed for communities to learn more about organ donation and how that can help communities stay strong.

This brochure encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities to learn more about organ donation.

These guidelines, Recommendations for culturally safe and clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians, were developed by Caring for Australians and New Zealanders with Kidney Impairment (CARI) and provides specific guidelines that aim to improve the equity of health systems for the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The development of the Recommendations included consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (via Yarning Kidneys and Catching Some Air), a systematic review of the literature using medical literature databases and the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, oversight by a working group with expertise in clinical nephrology, nursing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, lived experience of CKD, health economics and cultural safety, and peer review by individual experts and peak bodies in kidney health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This factsheet provides consumer information on the CARI Guidelines Recommendations for culturally safe and clinical kidney care in First Nations Australians. The factsheet answers the following questions: What should I know about chronic kidney disease (CKD) and being a First Nations Australian? As First Nations Australians, what should we look out for to care for our kidneys? What can I do about CKD? How should health services support First Nations Australians with CKD?

This factsheet was developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with diabetes. It provides information about why kidneys are important for health, who can get kidney problems, what can happen to kidneys, ways to prevent kidney problems, the signs of kidney damage, the tests to detect kidney problems, treatment for kidney problems, and information on infections that may occur.

This factsheet provides information on what do to when someone has acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN). It covers what APSGN is and how it is caused, the symptoms of APSGN, what to do to stop APSGN from spreading, and when to seek medical attention.

This video, with an introduction in Pitjantjatjarra, aims to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with information about organ donation. It includes an animated story of a family discussing organ donation for their sick relative, and covers what organ donation is, what the process involves and how it can benefit others. This was produced by italk Studios, the Northern Territory Government and Flinders University, and funded by the the Organ and Tissue Authority.

This video, with an introduction in Warlpiri, aims to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with information about organ donation. It includes an animated story of a family discussing organ donation for their sick relative, and covers what organ donation is, what the process involves and how it can benefit others. This was produced by italk Studios, the Northern Territory Government and Flinders University, and funded by the the Organ and Tissue Authority.

This video, with an introduction in Arrernte, aims to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with information about organ donation. It includes an animated story of a family discussing organ donation for their sick relative, and covers what organ donation is, what the process involves and how it can benefit others. This was produced by italk Studios, the Northern Territory Government and Flinders University, and funded by the the Organ and Tissue Authority.

This video aims to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with information about organ donation. It includes an animated story of a family discussing organ donation for their sick relative, and covers what organ donation is, what the process involves and how it can benefit others. This was produced by italk Studios, the Northern Territory Government and Flinders University, and funded by the the Organ and Tissue Authority.

This diagnostic guideline has been adapted from the KHA CKD Management in General Practice Handbook 3rd ed. to better serve the needs and requirements of diagnosing CKD in the remote Kimberley area of Western Australia.

This clinical guideline has been developed from a desire to standardise the screening for, and management of, health conditions more prevalent in the Kimberley, and in recognition that the management of these conditions differs from standard management due to the extreme remoteness of the area. They have been developed by multidisciplinary teams of local health care professionals based on local research findings, and established best practices adapted to local conditions.

This website is a national database of resources, publications, policies, programs, and organisations relating to kidney health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This video is an animated reenactment of what it's like for an Aboriginal man in Western Australia to get the call for a kidney transplant. The audio for this reenactment was recorded live during the 2025 NIKTT Gathering. Thanks to the audio actors, Richard Jenkins and Andrew Mallet.

This video demonstrates what patients may experience getting to, being admitted, and recovering from surgery when traveling to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for a kidney transplant.

Meet the COMPASS Patient Navigators from the Royal Adelaide Hospital and learn about how they help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with kidney disease and navigating kidney transplantation services.

This short animated video highlights a number of key facts about the kidney health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This video is based on the review of kidney health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2020.

Explore personal kidney stories to understand how the kidneys work, what happens when they become sick, living with kidney disease, treatment pathways, and tips for healthy living and eating. These individual Kidney Stories are available for download. If you're a health professional, you may wish to print the sheets in colour and go through them with your patients.

Listen to Kim and Trent as they share their stories about receiving a kidney transplant. If you have kidney disease, ask your doctor: Am I On The List?

Learn about how to care for kidneys to slow down kidney disease progression in Stages 2 and 3a with dialysis treatment options.

A short animated video that talks about the connection between oral health and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Aunty Liz shares her lived experience with chronic kidney disease. She explains the healthcare-related experiences of Aboriginal people, including her journey of racism, mistrust, empowerment and taking back control.

This book has been put together for people with chronic kidney disease who wish to eat Indigenous foods. It is designed to assist patients and their dietician to make choices of Indigenous foods.

This cookbook provides a variety of healthy recipe ideas and some traditional cooking for patients and their family to enjoy. The recipes are provided to encourage people to use more vegetables, fruit, lean meat and fish to make quick and easy nutritious meals.

Learn all about what your kidneys do and how they flush out all the rubbish.

Learn about who needs a Kidney Health Check and what a Kidney Health Check is.

Learn about how people can keep their kidneys healthy and strong.

Learn about chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the stages of CKD.