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$100,000 Worth Of Grants For Unique, Sustainable Immunisation Ideas
The Sanofi Pasteur Vaxigrants program has put out a call to immunisation providers in Australia to submit sustainable, replicable ideas for immunisation programs that the company could potentially offer one of four $25,000 grants. [ + ]
Close the Gap Progress Report Released
Close the Gap Campaign co-chairs Mick Gooda and Kirstie Parker have released the聽2015 Close the Gap Progress and Priorities Report聽and presented key recommendations which would lead to 聽improved treatment and management of聽chronic health conditions in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. [ + ]
Close The Gap Campaign Progress
To coincide with the Prime Minister's annual report card on progress in reducing Indigenous disadvantage, the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), member of the Close the Gap campaign, has released its 2015 Close the Gap Progress and Priorities Report. [ + ]
New Online Tool to Support Patients with Fatigue
NPS MedicineWise has produced a new online tool to support health professionals dealing with patients with fatigue. [ + ]
Drop in Organ Donations in 2014
Organ donations dropped in 2014 by three percent, taking the number from 391 donors in 2013 to 378 organ donors in 2014. [ + ]
$25 Million Investment Into Nanopatch, The Painless Vaccine
An Australian venture capital firm has announced that Vaxxas, one of its portfolio investment companies,聽 has successfully raised $25 million to advance its clinical programs and develop a pipeline of vaccine products for major diseases using its patented Nanopatch technology. [ + ]
Using Team Building to Create Cheer for Children with Cancer
聽Team building activities are a good way to inspire staff, but for Horizon Foundation, it's a way to give some cheer to children with cancer. [ + ]
New Findings in Cellular Biology Studies
Scientists from Griffith University on the Gold Coast are wondering聽if the study of cellular biology needs to be adjusted, following research on tumour cells. [ + ]
Negative Impact Of Obesity On Fertility Is Reversable
A team at the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute has discovered how damage caused from obesity passed from mother to child can be reversed, and the findings could have major implications for future fertility research. [ + ]
Australian Doctors International Deliver WHO Program in Papua New Guinea
A partnership between聽Australian Doctors International and 聽a global medical technology company will see a reduction in disease in聽Papua New Guinea. [ + ]
Changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
The Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, has announced changes to the 聽Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. [ + ]
Government Urged to Fund Dementia Prevention Program
Alzheimer's Australia is lobbying Government to extend the funding for its dementia prevention program Your Brain Matters. [ + ]
Risk of Mortality for Women and Men with Type 1 Diabetes
Australian researchers have had their聽research on mortality and vascular events in men and women with type 1 diabetes published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. [ + ]
