en-au HealthInsite News http://www.healthinsite.gov.au Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:32:01 +1000 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:32:01 +1000 HealthInsite.gov.au healthinsite.feedback@health.gov.au healthinsite.feedback@health.gov.au Hearing Awareness Week is an annual event providing an opportunity to raise community awareness of hearing impairment and ways to protect your hearing.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Hearing_Awareness_Week__24___30_August_2008Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:46:19 +1000F79E80B3-9802-19FE-D23770BC4F8C316ADaffodil Day is run by the Cancer Council to raise funds for cancer research and is the largest fundraising event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Daffodil_Day__22_August_2008Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:06:09 +1000E3D1DB00-F445-1A10-7F8204312075E5C6Diabetes Buzz Day, the annual fundraising event for Diabetes Australia-NSW will be held on Friday, 19 September.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Diabetes_Buzz_Day__19_September_2008Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:17:39 +1000B41B7945-EB04-36CE-CB7A5C2461D68C22World Breastfeeding Week is an initiative of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and is being celebrated in 120 countries around the world.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/World_Breastfeeding_Week__1___7_August_2008Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:49:00 +10009198CF00-FBE3-9989-A63BCDA6D27444DCThis year's Dental Health Week is being coordinated by the Australian Dental Association (ADA).http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Dental_Health_Week__4___10_August_2008Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:05:51 +10009040BB09-E97B-36E7-8FF39E52E35B47B2The Minister for Ageing, the Hon Justine Elliot MP, has urged any of the 2.7 million Australians over 65 who have not already taken advantage of their free annual influenza shots to be vaccinated.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Free_flu_vaccinations_for_older_AustraliansTue, 22 Jul 2008 14:44:45 +1000490EBC17-BDF0-A651-7914D37C569C727DPituitary Awareness Week (PAW) is staged each July and features a series of activities in each state, usually at major city hospitals.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Pituitary_Awareness_Week__20_27_July_2008Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:45:36 +10004447F297-9240-19AF-0B3167A734DEAC72This report provides a snapshot of public hospital activity in 2006-07. It includes a focus on Indigenous Australians in hospitals and includes a feature chapter titled State and Territory Public Hospital Performance Reporting.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/The_State_of_Our_Public_Hospitals__June_2008_Report_releasedFri, 11 Jul 2008 09:11:30 +10000F308C02-CA45-0374-3934D1FEA7AD7E66The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has published Australia's Health 2008, and it is freely available online.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Australia_s_Health_2008Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:45:46 +1000E7DDA065-B3AB-84D3-4431A80E80EA6DDADrug Action Week 2008 is a week of activities held nationally to raise awareness about alcohol and other drugs issues in Australia.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Drug_Action_Week_2008___22_June___28_JuneFri, 20 Jun 2008 11:51:10 +1000A37EFF89-CE6B-B9FA-CD7625D92282FADC