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Let’s Apply a “BREXIT” to Australian Vaccination Policy
‘Vaccination: the facts, the experts’ and the Telethon Kids Institute Review of the Telethon Kids Institute Vaccination Forum (Part 1) On the 30 May 2016 the Telethon Kids Institute in Western Australia held a public vaccinationforum titled ‘Vaccination: the facts, the experts’. The experts on this panel included Dr. Christopher Blyth and Dr. Tom Snelling,…
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NPS Media Releases – UTI’s, Antibiotic Awareness, Antibiotic Campaign
20 November 2014 NPS MEDICINEWISE REDUCING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PROGRAM: URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS—EXPLORING ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT The next phase of the NPS MedicineWise Reducing Antibiotic Resistance program for health professionals has launched today focused on the complex topic of managing urinary tract infections (UTIs). An interactive case study and the latest issue of Medicinewise News—which contains an…
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NPS Media Release – ANTIBIOTIC AWARENESS WEEK 2014: IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS
As Antibiotic Awareness Week 2014 is held across Australia from 17-23 November, NPS MedicineWise is asking all Australians to imagine a world without antibiotics and join the fight against antibiotic resistance. NPS MedicineWise CEO, Dr Lynn Weekes, says that Antibiotic Awareness Week is a timely reminder that we all urgently need to take action to change the course…
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FOUR WAYS TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR AN EBOLA OUTBREAK
Editor”s Note: The following article is republished from a US newsletter titled “Underground Insider”. It contains sensible and useful information for pharmacists to utilise within their own homes and families, or to pass on to any worried customers/patients. In Australia, we are fortunate that our location provides some defence against viruses such as Ebola, but…