Need for increased awareness of eating disorder prevalence in high-performance sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has this week (Monday, September 7) announced a partnership with the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) to call for increased awareness of the prevalence of eating disorders in high-performance sport. The two peak bodies have issued a joint position statement and supporting resources comprising a toolkit for sporting organisations…
Virtual HCP advisory board spearheading industry digital transformation
Today, VIVA! Communications partnered with the team at Rumi to launch their innovative digital advisory board platform, designed to facilitate insight-generating, ‘any time’ HCP advisory boards in a time-efficient, cost-effective, multilingual, secure and Code compliant way. The online platform, which is the brainchild of Australian pharmaceutical Digerati, is promising to transform the pharmaceutical industry’s healthcare…
Michelle Bridges appointed Osteoporosis Australia’s Know Your Bones Ambassador
This week VIVA! Communications teamed with Osteoporosis Australia to announce the much-loved TV personality and health and wellness coach, Michelle Bridges, as the organisation’s national Know Your Bones Ambassador, to help raise awareness of risk factors for poor bone health and the evidence-based tool. Co-developed by Osteoporosis Australia and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research,…
Sleep Awareness Week
Did you know one in three Australians do not get enough adequate sleep each night? So, how much sleep do you need each night? As we get older, we tend to need less sleep. International guidelines suggest young people aged 12-14 years should get between 9-11 hours, while those aged 14-17 need between 8-10. Adults,…
Jeans for Genes Day 2020
Today is Jeans for Genes Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the 1 in 20 children who face a birth defect or genetic disorder. Established in 1994 by the Children’s Medical Research Institute in Sydney, the day aims to raise funds for revolutionary research that helps diagnose, understand and develop treatments for genetic…
National Pain Week 2020
Every year, Chronic Pain Australia, an organisation dedicated to advocating for the 3.37 million Australians living with chronic pain, orchestrate National Pain Week. This National Pain Week aims to drive awareness and improve knowledge and understanding of chronic pain across the nation. The 2020 theme for National Pain Week is ‘Faces of Pain’ – a…
Celebrating an exclusive 18-year-long commitment to health + wellness communications
Leading health + wellness communications agency and exclusive Australian representative and Asia Pacific Hub Lead for GLOBALHealthPR, VIVA! Communications, is celebrating its 18th birthday today – a significant milestone and testimony to the agency’s longstanding commitment to excellence and innovation in the healthcare arena. VIVA!s birthday celebration today falls in the wake of an unprecedented…
Key learnings from WFH
At VIVA! Communications, we live and breathe health + wellness, which is reflected in our clientele, projects and office culture. The importance of maintaining mental and physical wellbeing was even more important during the COVID-19 lockdown and working from home (WFH) environment. VIVA! implemented a variety of virtual practices during WFH to boost the team’s…
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on Australians living with an eating disorder
Approximately one-in-20 Australians, and an estimated four to eight per cent of the Australian adult population, are living with an eating disorder. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve day by day, the InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders has just launched an online survey to better understand how people living with an eating disorder are…
Return to lock-down sees Victorian pharmacists step up for community members
With parts of Victoria entering Stage 3 restrictions last night (8 July) pharmacists on the frontline are stepping up to provide essential services to local residents facing six-week stay-at-home orders. With over 932 active COVID-19 cases in Victoria, Victorian pharmacists in the greater Melbourne and Mitchel Shire are responding to the crisis swiftly to ensure…