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Mental Health Week helping Australians ‘unfriend’ anxiety
As part of Mental Health Week (October 6-13, 2013), Australians are being asked to unfriend anxiety. Three million Australians are living with depression or anxiety. In fact, one-in-four of us experience anxiety. Research shows the number of Australian adults who report experiencing anxiety, has grown almost 40 per cent in the past four years. Anxiety…
Read More‘Look, but don’t touch’ urges Queensland rabies expert
A leading travel-health pioneer will issue Queenslanders with a public health warning today (Saturday, September 28) about the risks associated with a disease that kills an estimated 55,000 people each year. Dr Deborah Mills, known as ‘Dr Deb’ by her patients, is a highly respected authority on the prevention and treatment of rabies and the…
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 MoreNewcastle the starting point for stronger epilepsy support
Newcastle is among the nation’s first communities to benefit from DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, kicking off with an epilepsy forum today. Novocastrians living with disabilities and epilepsy, their families and disability organisations will have the opportunity to participate in the ‘Epilepsy Know Me, Support Me’ program to be canvassed at Noah’s on…
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