Heightening Epilepsy Awareness on Purple Day

Posted on March 26, 2014 Written by

Today’s post comes to us from our GLOBALHealthPR Australia partner, VIVA! Communications.

Today we are teaming with the Epilepsy Foundation to release new research coinciding with Purple Day – a global, awareness raising initiative for epilepsy. Already today, the Epilepsy Foundation has raised $100,000 for this worthy cause, and is still counting!

New research released by the Epilepsy Foundation today reveals almost one-in-two Australian adults living with the country’s most common, chronic brain disorder are three-times more likely to experience abnormally high levels of anxiety compared to the general population.PURPLE DAY MARCH 26 [Read more...]

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Content, Context and the Future of Health Communication

Posted on March 11, 2014 Written by

Dinesh ChindarkarToday’s blog post comes to us from Dinesh Chindarkar, Co-Founder of our GLOBALHealthPR India partner, MediaMedic Communications.

It was a great experience to land in Sydney for the GLOBALHealthPR AGM amidst some of the great healthcare communicators from around the globe.  Sitting in the conference room at Park Hyatt Sydney overlooking the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, it was the perfect setting to meet all the partners and discuss global trends in healthcare communication. I did notice that around the world there are newer challenges that the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries are facing as far as effective communication is concerned. As the globe is getting economically stronger and flatter, health issues are dynamically changing. With increasing life spans, the global population is ageing, bringing with it new challenges for elderly care. The fast-increasing incidences of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer and other afflictions are taking a toll on public health and highlight a dire need for early diagnosis and care. [Read more...]

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Dinky Di, True-Blue Aussie!

Posted on January 31, 2014 Written by

A post by GLOBALHealthPR Australia partner, VIVA!

With less than a month to go to the 2014 GLOBALHealthPR Annual General Meeting (AGM), we thought it might be wise to share some tips and trivia on our island home. [Read more...]

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The Top Health Stories of 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 Written by

color globe_420x3152What were the major health trends, discoveries and developments around the world in 2013? To round out the year, we’ve reached out to all corners of the globe to bring the following insights from our GLOBALHealthPR partners. Happy New Year!

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The most important media coverage (both in traditional and social media) of healthcare issues was related to organ donations and transplants from the personal stories of children. In addition, mass initiatives, such as those that promoted the importance of bone marrow donation, were widely covered. [Read more...]

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The Disheartening State of Our Nation’s Health

Posted on December 11, 2013 Written by

Today’s blog post comes to us from our GLOBALHealthPR partner in Australia, VIVA! Communications.

When reflecting on our nation, one tends to recall the poem I love a sunburnt country, penned by Australian author, Dorothea Mackellar in 1904. In her poem Mackeller describes our majestic, sun-drenched country as “a land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains.” She paints an idealised portrait of Australia as a “wide brown land” of “far horizons,” a land of “jewel-sea”.

Mackellar’s romantic “land of the rainbow gold” continues to ring true to an extent. However, it is the health of her population that is suffering from the weight of chronic disease. [Read more...]

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