Posts by VIVA! Communications
New report cites 23 child deaths could have been prevented through appropriate vaccination
On Thursday, January 11, 2018, a major report entitled, ‘Child Deaths from Vaccine Preventable Infectious Diseases‘ between 2005 and 2014 was published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Report authors – National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network and University of Sydney researchers – cited 54 child…
Read MoreSouth Africa’s leading independent health communications agency joins GLOBALHealthPR
World’s largest independent healthcare communications network strengthens market-leading offering across Asia Pacific, North America, South America, Europe & Africa GLOBALHealthPR®, the largest independent health and science communications agency partnership worldwide, represented exclusively by VIVA! Communications in Australia, today welcomed Johannesburg-based F/NE to its rapidly expanding global network. Founded more than 18 years ago, F/NE has…
Read MoreNational Education Initiative launched to support youth mental health
Leading Australian mental health organisations have come together today to announce the launch of a new National Education Initiative transforming the country’s approach to youth care. From August 2018, beyondblue, headspace, and Early Childhood Australia will attempt to provide an end-to-end mental health framework in schools. The National Education Initiative has attracted AUD$45m in funding…
Read MoreResearchers identify potential privacy breach with patient records
Researchers have been able to identify individuals in anonymous government healthcare data, potentially exposing private information from data published by the federal Department of Health in August 2016. According to ABC Online story, the changes were part of a move towards “open data” with the historical information including medical and pharmaceutical bills of about 10…
Read MoreA look back at the health trends of 2017
2017 was another year where Australians continued to rely on search engines to query their health problems and learn more about trends in the comfort of their own home. VIVA! Communications has taken a look back on the year and put together our top five trends. Topping the list was the keto diet, a high-fat,…
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