The Indigenous Health Program is a member program of the Australian Centre for International & Tropical Health & Nutrition and the HealthSciences Faculty, University of Queensland

The Indigenous Health Program is progressively expanding and holds a significant position in the ACITHN and the faculty of medicine.

The BAppHSc (IPHC) degree course evolved as a result of direct approaches from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Queensland to the Tropical Health Program and as a response to recent policy initiatives in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Curricula specific to health worker education and training needs were identified and approved by the Board of Faculty of Medicine