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Communications in times of cost-effectiveness

Published on April 12, 2012 By viva

VIVA! principal Kirsten Bruce contributed the following article to Health Radar, a quarterly publication on current trends in the health communication industry. Health Radar is published by our GLOBALHealthPR partners from Germany fischerAppelt. In Australia, the price of pharmaceutical products is determined by negotiations between the Federal Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority (PBPA) and the pharmaceutical supplier. Pharmaceutical companies [...]

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The Journal of Health Communication Celebrates 100 Issues – What’s Next?

Published on March 26, 2012 By viva

Ken Rabin, PhD, celebrates the Journal of Health Communication’s century and envisages the next 100 issues . Dr Rabin is Director of GLOBALHealthPR, the largest independent public relations group dedicated exclusively to health and medical communications worldwide, of which VIVA! Communications is the exclusive Australian partner. Milestones matter, and achieving a century of anything is [...]

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Spreading the Aussie Christmas cheer abroad

Published on December 21, 2011 By viva

Santa surfing behind Rudolf the red-nosed kangaroo might seem perfectly normal to us at VIVA! HQ but it was something of a treat for our friends in Washington, DC. VIVA! was delighted to receive a Christmas email from our GLOBALHealthPR partners, Spectrum PR. Spectrum founder and president, John Seng, and his daughter, Victoria, spotted the [...]

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A first for Progeria

Published on October 13, 2011 By viva

VIVA! and GlobalHealthPR partner Spectrum Science’s involvement in the “Find the other 150” campaign has taken another step forward as another young girl was discovered living with Progeria in Johannesburg. We’d like to take a minute to introduce a First Lady, Miss Ontlametse Phalatse… Ontlametse is a special young girl in many ways: she is [...]

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Identifying children living with Progeria

Published on August 8, 2011 By viva

At VIVA! we’ve been busily researching Progeria, also known as the Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, and assisting our GLOBALHealthPR partners in a worldwide search for children diagnosed with the condition. Progeria is a rare and fatal genetic condition that causes rapid ageing in young children. Progeria symptoms include growth failure, loss of body fat and hair, [...]

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