Spreading the Aussie Christmas cheer abroad

By Team VIVA! | December 21, 2011 |

Santa surfing behind Rudolf the red-nosed kangaroo might seem perfectly normal to us at VIVA! HQ but it was something of a treat for our friends in Washington, DC. VIVA! was delighted to receive a Christmas email from our GLOBALHealthPR partners, Spectrum PR. Spectrum founder and president, John Seng, and his daughter, Victoria, spotted the…

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A first for Progeria

By Team VIVA! | October 13, 2011 |

VIVA! and GlobalHealthPR partner Spectrum Science’s involvement in the “Find the other 150” campaign has taken another step forward as another young girl was discovered living with Progeria in Johannesburg. We’d like to take a minute to introduce a First Lady, Miss Ontlametse Phalatse… Ontlametse is a special young girl in many ways: she is…

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Identifying children living with Progeria

By Team VIVA! | August 8, 2011 |

At VIVA! we’ve been busily researching Progeria, also known as the Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, and assisting our GLOBALHealthPR partners in a worldwide search for children diagnosed with the condition. Progeria is a rare and fatal genetic condition that causes rapid ageing in young children. Progeria symptoms include growth failure, loss of body fat and hair,…

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Healthcare communications: social media listening in a health 2.0 world

By Team VIVA! | May 19, 2011 |

As the exclusive Australian partner to GLOBALHealthPR, Team VIVA! joined our counterparts across Asia-Pacific, the Americas and Europe, for the first annual International Healthcare Social Media Summit (IHSMS), held at Spectrum Science headquarters in Washington DC. Drawing on real-life scenarios in health and science communications, key speakers at the IHSMS streamed live at 11pm AEST…

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