Posts by Team VIVA!
Aussie cricket legend says healthy ageing is everyone’s business
Former Australian Test Cricketer, VFL/AFL footballer, author and commentator, Max Walker, AM, joined public health experts at the ‘Equity in disease prevention: vaccines for the elderly workshop,’ held in Melbourne today (Friday, June 20), to tackle the monumental health challenges facing our greying nation. Innovative, effective and long-term approaches to elderly immunisation were proposed to…
Read MorePublic health specialists stand by for disasters
A flying squad of public health specialists has been officially launched in Melbourne, bringing together Australia’s best experts who can rush to emergencies and disasters around the country and the world to stop the spread of infectious disease. The group of specialist epidemiologists has already shown its value, with several experts sent to respond to…
Read MoreCheap Cigarette Sales on the Rise
“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times” – Mark Twain. Eighteen months after the Australian Labor Party introduced its plain packaging laws in an attempt to stop Australians from smoking, new data published in The Australian newspaper on Friday (June 6, 2014) shows…
Read MoreBowel Cancer Australia urging government to address patient inequity to support to life-extending treatments
With the launch of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2014, Bowel Cancer Australia is calling on the government to urgently address concerning inequities in support and access to life-extending treatments for Australia’s second deadliest cancer. The call has been prompted by the My Cancer. My Voice survey, which revealed more than four out of five bowel…
Read MoreI hear the train a’comin – VIVA! Communications’ training day
“It’s all about the training. You can do a lot if you’re properly trained.” Queen Elizabeth II Last week, team VIVA! was escorted to the beautiful Middle Harbour foreshore for an invaluable training day. Each consultant had the opportunity to engage, interact and share key learnings to ultimately hone VIVA!s delivery of innovative, creative, effective…
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