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Extracted data included: laundry locations; details of establishment, operations and infrastructure; and evidence for health and wellbeing impact.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>At least 55 laundry facilities were established in 38 rural\/remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities between 2000 and 2024. Most were established within the past 10\u00a0years (n\u00a0=\u00a051, 93%) and operated by laundry service providers in partnership with local community organisations (n\u00a0=\u00a042, 76%). Laundry locations were publicly available, but we identified no substantiating evidence as to specific health and wellbeing impacts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There has been a rapid growth in the establishment of rural\/remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community laundries, with plans for future expansion. While equitable access to laundry facilities is tied to human rights, the specific health benefits of community laundries (changes in rates of skin infections, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease) remain conjectural. 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