VIVA!’s COVID Comms Cast harnessing their health communications expertise “for good”

In response to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic, and to give back to the Australian health + wellness community, independent health + wellness PR agency, VIVA! Communications (VIVA!), has today (May 4, 2020) launched the ‘COVID Comms Cast’.  Comprising VIVA!’s most senior health + wellness communicators well-versed in navigating issues and crisis-rich environments, this strategic…

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COVID-19’s profound impact on communication

COVID-19 continues to wield its broad-sweeping grip on the world, with America now positioned as the global epicentre, thanks to more confirmed cases and fatalities than any other country. To gain on-the-ground insights about how COVID-19 is impacting communication in one of the hardest-hit areas of the world, VIVA!’s COVIDCommsCast spoke to our New York…

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Heart Week 2019

Heart disease is our nation’s single biggest killer, claiming one Australian life every 28 minutes. This week is national Heart Week, and The Heart Foundation is encouraging all Australians over the age of 35 to see their GP for a Medicare-funded heart health check to help prevent early onset heart disease or stroke. Sadly, awareness…

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World Immunisation Week 23 – 29 April

This week, everybody is invited to join us in celebrating World Immunisation Week, a campaign led by the World Health Organisation in the last week of April each year.  With an array of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases on the rise, the World Health Organisation has declared immunisation as one of the most important health challenges of…

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World Haemophilia Day

World Haemophilia Day 2019

Today – Wednesday, April 17 – is World Haemophilia Day and landmarks around the world will tonight be lit up in red to raise awareness and understanding of haemophilia and other bleeding disorders. Haemophilia is an incurable bleeding disorder affecting more than 2,800 Australians (mostly male), which prevents the blood from clotting properly. It is…

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