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VIVA! Communications clinches first place in Health Organisations category at 39th PRIA Golden Target Awards
Hobart played host to the 39th Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) Golden Target Awards on Monday, October 26, 2015. The PR industry’s night-of-nights was staged during the 2015 National PRIA Conference (October 26-27), attended by a packed house of leading agency and in-house PR practitioners nation-wide. VIVA! Communications was nominated for a total of four…
Read MorePharmaceutical medication misuse most common among hospitality & blue-collar workers – October 23, 2015
A Curtin University study has found misuse of legally prescribed and over-the-counter (OTC) medications is most common in hospitality and blue-collar occupations. The study revealed that during 2001-2010 around 3.7 per cent of all working-age individuals had consumed some form of pharmaceutical medication for non-medicinal purposes. Professor Mark Harris from Curtin University said the findings…
Read MoreParasite-killing medications fighting malaria & blindness recognised in 2015 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology & Medicine
Professional role (e.g. Medical scientists), Satoshi Omura and William Campbell, and researcher, Youyou Tu have all clinched this year’s prestigious Nobel Prize for their work in the discovery of life-saving medicines. Discovering the bacteria, Steptomyces, Japanese microbiologist, Satoshi Omura was able to isolate samples of the bacteria, known to produce antibacterial agents, which he then…
Read MoreHow to Be MedicineWise while pregnant or breastfeeding – October 12, 2015
Australians are encouraged to be “medicinewise at all ages & life stages” during Be MedicineWise Week, October 12-18, 2015. The campaign kicked-off today with a focus on pregnancy and breastfeeding, after a recent NPS Medicine Wise survey of Australian women who were pregnant or had a child 11 years or younger revealed 33 per cent…
Read MoreVIVA! Communications clinches first place in Health Organisations category at PRIA’s 39th Annual Golden Target Awards
VIVA! Communications clinches first place in Health Organisations category at PRIA’s 39th Annual Golden Target Awards The PR glitterati from NSW gathered eagerly at the Pullman Quay Grand, Sydney this Wednesday, October 7, to celebrate the 2015 Public Relations Institute of Australia’s (PRIA) Golden Target State Awards. We’re proud to announce Team VIVA! clinched the top…
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