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The diabetes education teams at HLNT include: diabetes Clinical Nurse Consultants, Dieticians,Diabetes Nurse Educators, health promotion staff, and diabetes Aboriginal Health Workers. In2003, HLNT in Darwin provided diabetes education, management and support to a total numberof 2,070 clients in Darwin and 904 people in Central Australia and information and assistance to afurther 3,888 people in Darwin and 2392 in Central Australia (71-73) . In contrast, in Alice Springs,where HLNT employs a 0.5 FTE Aboriginal Health Worker (funded by NTDH&CS and outsourcedfrom Congress) Indigenous clients make up 33 per cent of their overall case load (73) . In 2006they report 10 per cent of their clients as Indigenous (73) .Healthy Living NT also provides cardiac education and rehabilitation services in both Darwin andAlice Springs. In 2004 annual report, HLNT in Alice Springs reported that 59 per cent of patientsin Alice Springs Hospital with an acute cardiac syndrome were provided with education (74) . Asimilar program is conducted in Darwin.Asthma FoundationThe Asthma Foundation of the Northern Territory is funded by the NT Government to provideeducation, information and support to people with asthma and their families including all healthcare providers both government and non government that provide services to people withasthma.In 2005 the Asthma Foundation NT Education team provided asthma information and support to244 individuals with asthma, 285 health professionals and over 1300 members of the widercommunity.In addition to programs funded by the NT Government the Asthma Foundation NT in two nationalprograms funded by the Commonwealth Government. They are the Asthma Friendly Schoolprogram and the Asthma Community Support Program. The Asthma Friendly School programaims to raise community awareness of asthma and improve knowledge and self-management ofasthma amongst children. The Asthma Community Support program promotes best practiceasthma management to the wider community and assist people with asthma to developrelationships with general practitioners and allied health professionals in order to establishappropriate asthma self management skills.Locally the Asthma Foundation NT administers the following: The Asthma Friendly Child Care programChapter 3: Progress Against PCDS Objectives – Evaluation of the NT Preventable Chronic Disease Strategy 2007 65