Prioritising travel health this holiday season

Throughout 2012, VIVA! worked extensively with CSL on travel health, and it’s been a particularly enjoyable and successful experience. As we’re now approaching the holiday season, we’re taking stock of all we’ve learned regarding travel health and wish to share this information with our blog readers. For so many of us, the holiday season is not only about family and friends, it’s also an opportune…

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How dense are you?

Strengthening the nation’s bones on World Osteoporosis Day We’re teaming with Osteoporosis Australia today to pose a candid question to the 6.6 million Australians living with low bone density – “How dense are you?” To answer this question, Osteoporosis Australia is releasing a simple ‘Dense test’ as part of a national awareness drive to alert people…

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Globetrotting Aussies risking infectious diseases

Australians are putting themselves at risk of contracting potentially serious infectious diseases while travelling abroad. Researchers from the University of Sydney’s Family Medicine Research Centre have found more than three-in-five Australians are not seeking professional health advice before travelling overseas, with many visiting destinations carrying a risk of infectious diseases, including hepatitis A and B,…

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Victory for VIVA!

Team VIVA! wins PR campaign of the year at 2012 PRIME Awards VIVA! Communications, together with client, CSL Biotherapies, clinched PR Campaign of the Year at the highly prestigious 2012 PRIME Awards held at The Westin Hotel, Sydney on  Thursday, September 20. The PRIME judging panel rated our campaign, ‘Protecting Against Pneumococcal Pneumonia,’ the “stand-out”…

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Take a walk in the park for Parkinson’s

Parkinson’s Queensland Unity Walk– Sunday, September 9, 2012 at New Farm Park, Brisbane Team VIVA! is partnering with Parkinson’s Queensland to heighten awareness of the country’s second most common degenerative neurological disorder affecting 17,000 Queenslanders. We’re inviting Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba residents to head down to New Farm Park, Brisbane on Sunday,…

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