Nina Alvarez author

Nina Alvarez is a Content Producer for Healthcare Channel. Her interests include writing, particularly about the healthcare sector and the many ways it can improve to further benefit people from all walks of life.

ACOSS
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News
ACOSS joins AMA’s call on improving child health and wellbeing
Nina Alvarez Feb 25, 2022

ACOSS is pleased to join with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) to call for a refocus on improving child health and wellbeing and strongly recommend

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility5054 Views
visitors
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Mental Health
Welcoming back visitors to aged care facilities across Australia
Nina Alvarez Feb 25, 2022

Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Richard Colbeck, has joined aged care peak bodies Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) and Leading Age

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility5154 Views
Moderna
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Moderna vaccine rollout to include kids aged six years and older
Nina Alvarez Feb 24, 2022

The Australian Government has accepted advice from leading immunisation experts to make the Moderna (SPIKEVAX) COVID-19 vaccine available for children aged six years and older

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility4740 Views
Hearing Australia
Children's Health, Healthcare
Hearing Australia ensures First Nations kids are school ready
Nina Alvarez Feb 22, 2022

One in three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children experience chronic ear disease in Australia. Poor hearing can make it difficult for kids to engage

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility5762 Views
organ
COVID-19, Healthcare, Hospitals
High registrations recorded on organ donations despite COVID impacts
Nina Alvarez Feb 22, 2022

The rate of new registrations for organ donation has reached record levels, with 87% year-on-year growth in Australians signing up as an organ donor. Data

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility4742 Views
depression
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Mental Health
Global burden of depression gets spotlight as pandemic goes on
Nina Alvarez Feb 17, 2022

Tackling some of the myths about depression could help combat the illness in the same way as cancer or heart disease. But reducing the stigma

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility4823 Views
Immune stimulant
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Immune stimulant could help prevent asthma in children
Nina Alvarez Feb 17, 2022

A recent study by respiratory researchers from Perth has found that OM-85, an immune stimulant, could help prevent babies from developing asthma. Led by PhD

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility4737 Views
Siriraj Hospital
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Medical Science and Technology, Public Health and Careers
Digital Transformation for Siriraj Hospital in place after signing
Nina Alvarez Feb 17, 2022

The Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University and global digital business DB Results have signed an OutSystems License renewal to continue a partnership that

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility4769 Views
Cuppa
Business Development, Healthcare, HR/People/Culture, Mental Health
Cuppa.tv streaming service unites experts for workplace wellbeing
Nina Alvarez Feb 17, 2022

A new lifestyle platform aimed to improving life skills and mental health has been launched. Cuppa.tv is a member-based platform featuring hundreds of on-demand and

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility4893 Views
emergency
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
Pandemic emergency measures extended to April due to outbreaks
Nina Alvarez Feb 17, 2022

The human biosecurity period under the Biosecurity Act 2015 has been extended for a further two months. The emergency period, which has been in place

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility5294 Views
VMCH
Customer Experience, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Function, Public Health and Careers
VMCH job skills program blooms for people with disabilities
Nina Alvarez Feb 15, 2022

VMCH is proud to launch the latest branch in its job skills program, set to build a real pathway for people with disability to find

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility4879 Views

Healthcare Channel – Sharing knowledge and resources for Australia’s health and aged care sector

How can we help?

Request Media Kit

MENU LINKS

EVENTS

FOLLOW US

Facebook Linkedin Instagram

WRITE FOR US

We always welcome thought leaders ready to mentor the next generation. Be a Healthcare Channel learning partner today!

Healthcare Channel acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

2024 All rights reserved. © Healthcare channel powered by Akolade.

Healthcare Channel acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

2024 All rights reserved. © Healthcare channel powered by Akolade.