The MBS (Medicare Benefits Schedule) or Better Access initiative eligibility is being expanded by the Australian Government for better access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners. Aged care residents can access up to 20 individual ...
NHS trusts to receive a share of £600 million to help eradicate the maintenance backlog in NHS hospitals. Part of £1.5 billion capital funding announced by the Prime Minister in the summer to help the ...
New Chief Nurse Professor Deborah Sturdy OBE will take up the new role to represent social care nurses and provide clinical leadership to the workforce. Sturdy has been appointed Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care ...
Campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit.” launched by the World Health Organization. The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and publication “More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco” are being ...
Noncommunicable diseases now make up 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, according to WHO’s 2019 Global Health Estimates This is an increase from 4 of the 10 leading causes in 2000. The ...
The first COVID-19 Vaccine for public use was given to 90-year-old grandmother, Margaret Keenan, in the biggest vaccination campaign by the NHS. Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 ...
The INTERPOL Orange Notice outlines potential criminal activity in relation to the falsification, theft and illegal advertising of COVID-19 and flu vaccines, with the pandemic having already triggered unprecedented opportunistic and predatory criminal behaviour. It ...
New alcohol guidelines have been revised and released by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for Australian’s to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol. The aim of the guidelines is to provide advice ...
SANE Australia welcomes the Final Report of the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Mental Health, in particular, the recommendation to develop a National Stigma Reduction Strategy to ensure people living with me Register now to get ...
Funding from the Australian Government will provide an additional $4 million for research into COVID-19 and our response to the pandemic. The Morrison Government is supporting six new COVID-19 research projects across four institutions, allowing ...
Many countries in resource-limited settings have high HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and/or sexually transmitted infection (STI) burdens. In 2010, WHO first recommended the use of the Xpert MTB/RIF nucleic acid assay. In 2013, the WHO ...
Global malaria gains threatened by access gaps, COVID-19 and funding shortfalls The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries and global health partners to step up the fight against malaria, a preventable and treatable ...
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