Posts by Team VIVA!
‘Look, but don’t touch’ urges Queensland rabies expert
Leading travel health pioneer will issue Queenslanders with a public health warning this Saturday, September 28 (World Rabies Day) about the risks associated with a disease that kills an estimated 55,000 people each year. This life-threatening virus, first discovered in Australian flying foxes (commonly known as ‘fruit bats’) in 1996, is responsible for three Australian…
Read MoreVIVA! Communications supports Epilepsy Foundation program
In August 2013, VIVA! Communications offered pro-bono support to the Epilepsy Foundation to encourage Novocastrians living with a disability and epilepsy, their families and carers to attend their free ‘Epilepsy Know Me, Support Me’ event via local media and community outreach. Novocastrians will be among Australia’s first communities to benefit from the DisabilityCare Australia-funded program,…
Read MoreVIVA! Communications clinches best PR Campaign at premier pharmaceutical industry event
Last week we were honoured at the peak pharmaceutical industry ‘PRIME Awards’ with a highly-coveted Public Relations accolade. Together with our client, bioCSL, we won the best ‘PR Campaign’ award for our highly innovative and integrated travel vaccines communications campaign entitled ‘Urging globetrotters, health professionals and travel consultants to prioritise travel health.’ We also featured…
Read MoreDon’t be lax about bowel cancer facts
New campaign sends clear message to men about spreading the word on screening A new bowel cancer awareness campaign has emerged with an extra challenge that goes a step beyond the all-important message of screening. The Bowel Cancer Screening Challenge: Do You Have The Guts? campaign is running in community pharmacies and encourages people, in particular…
Read MoreWorld Rabies Day 2013 is fast approaching!
It is the sum of every individual event, large and small, that makes World Rabies Day a global movement Saturday, September 28, 2013 marks the sixth annual World Rabies Day, co-sponsored by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). World Rabies Day aims to raise awareness…
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