Posts by VIVA! Communications

Today (Friday, September 16, 2016), VIVA! Communications’ QLD Branch Manager, Mark Henderson is setting off on a two-week exchange to the United States of America, as Australia’s first representative of the GLOBALHealthPR Employee Exchange Program. The Program aims to enhance the connectivity of GLOBALHealthPR agencies through collaboration, best practice sharing, and insights into the drivers…

If you, or a family member is battling a drug and/or alcohol addiction in Australia, treatment isn’t always easy to access. Australia-wide there are approximately 1,500 publicly funded drug and alcohol rehab beds. However securing a bed can be a long, arduous and often deadly wait, with Australian agencies receiving more than 32,000 requests per…

This week is National Stroke Week, an initiative established by the Stroke Foundation to create awareness about the medical emergency and the impact of time on stroke. Spruiking grave statistics such as 1 in 6 people will have a stroke during their lifetime, and more than 60,000 Australians will experience a stroke every year, it’s…

There’s a chocoholic in all of us, and the time has arrived to let it out of its cage! Today is International Chocolate Day, the one day of the year where judgement gets thrown out the window, allowing us to indulge our sweet tooth in triple-dipped cocoa delicacies. The delicious day was first created in…

In a dual interview with reporter, Deb Knight from the Today on Saturday program on Sunday, September 11, 2016, both Pharmacy Guild of Australia President, George Tambassis and Australian Medial Association (AMA) President, Dr Michael Gannon explained the agreement they have reached regarding the role that pharmacists can play in relieving patient-related pressure on Aussie…