Tag: vaccinations
Cancer and Indigenous Australians - Is It all in the Genes?
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have recently released a report titled Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008.
I was a little disappointed that there was only a couple of comments, with no explanation, about the much higher incidences of cancer within our remote indigenous population. This is despite a number of studies being [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2008 under Indigenous, Remote Living, Remote health.
Tags: aboriginal, cancer, health, immunisation, Indigenous, melanoma, remote, smoking, vaccinations
Comments: 4
Ngaanyatjarra Health Wins Immunisation Award
Ngaanyatjarra Health, a very remote aboriginal health service covering a large expanse of outback Western Australia has won a GlaxoSmithKline childhood immunisation award.
The award had four winners from two categories. Ngaanyatjarra Health was the only winner in the category, A significant increase in, or commendable, immunisation coverage in populations of hard-to-reach children and/or adolescents.
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Posted: October 17th, 2008 under Indigenous, Professional Services, Remote health.
Tags: immunisation, Indigenous, Ngaanyatjarra, vaccinations
Comments: 2
Vaccinations by the Pharmacy Chick
The following is part of a long post from a blog called The Pharmacy Chick as she talk about the professional satisfaction and more she receives from vaccinating patients. Written some time ago it has only recently been published in the Auspharm newsletter.
About 5 years ago, the state I live in decided to [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2008 under Remote health.
Tags: pharmacy, vaccinations
Comments: 1