Posts Tagged ‘Pneumococcal’
Carole, 70 – Gardener, quilter, mother & grandmother who survived a devastating episode of pneumonia, MELBOURNE – May 12, 2016
Gardener, quilter, mother-to-three and grandmother-to-six, Carole, 70, Melbourne contracted a nasty virus while holidaying in Scotland during August, 2015. She spent the last week of her holiday bed-ridden, in excruciating pain, in a Scottish hospital, before returning home in September, 2015, still feeling unwell. After failing to make any substantial improvement to her health, Carole…
Read MoreProactive patient reminder potential key to improving pneumococcal vaccination rates among older Australians – October 1, 2015
Implementing an efficient reminder system to prompt Australians aged 65 and above to receive their free pneumococcal vaccination may be pivotal to improving the low 54 per cent vaccination rates among this at-risk population.1 Findings from the Pneumococcal Pneumonia Vaccination General Practice Nurse survey reveal while many general practice nurses acknowledge having some sort of…
Read MorePatients share their stories with Team VIVA!
In support of Pneumonia Awareness Week, patients are joining forces with doctors nation-wide to heighten community awareness of pneumococcal pneumonia, an often fatal lung infection. Team VIVA! has taken some time out to hear their stories: Single mother, Melody, 38, from Melbourne, recently contracted pneumonia from her eight-year-old daughter. “I’m young, fit and healthy with…
Read MorePatti Newton supporting Pneumonia Awareness Week
Entertainer and presenter, Patti Newton, is joining forces with doctors and patients for Pneumonia Awareness Week calling for preventative action to curb infection rates this winter. Bert’s recent scare has prompted Patti, mother of two and grandmother to three, to adopt a proactive approach to maintaining her health and wellbeing, in order to protect herself…
Read MoreExperts urging at-risk Australians to vaccinate against life-threatening infection
The Australian Lung Foundation is encouraging Australians to protect their lungs this Pneumonia Awareness Week (July 2 – 8, 2012) by increasing awareness of pneumococcal pneumonia, an often fatal lung infection. Pneumonia Awareness Week aims to heighten community awareness and understanding of one of the top 10 contributing causes of deaths in Australia, which claims…
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