Our People to Live Stronger & Longer

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29 May

New Vaping Laws and Community Impact – We Want to Hear From Your ACCHS

From 1 July 2024, the Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Act 2024…

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29 May

Don’t Miss Out – Aboriginal Cancer Care Coordinator Grant

Applications are still open for the Aboriginal Cancer Care Coordinator (ACCC) Grant under the Aboriginal…

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29 May

AH&MRC at the Preventive Health Conference 2025: “Prevention is Political”

From 28–30 April, AH&MRC staff joined public health leaders, researchers, and advocates at the Public…

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31 Mar

Grant Opportunity for Medical Research and Innovation

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is administering a new grant opportunity on…

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New Packaging of Condoms and Lubricants in two of each
27 Mar

Doin’ it Right and Using Condoms!

Don’t forget we supply our member services with FREE condoms and lube!  Check out our…

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27 Mar

Gonorrhoea – Antimicrobial Resistance

NSW Health had a recent notification of a locally acquired, extensively drug resistant (XDR) gonorrhoea….

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27 Mar

Breast Density Reporting (BreastScreen NSW)

Breast screening (i.e. with mammograms) every 2 years is recommended for Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

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26 Mar

Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) & Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) – video for Primary Care

NSW Health has developed a video to help primary health care teams recognise and manage acute…

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26 Mar

Aftermath of Cyclone Alfred – Protection Against Mosquito Borne Viruses

Mosquito numbers can increase as a consequence of floods and cyclones, such as in the…

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6 Mar

Upcoming Webinars

Advancing Health Literacy Research from Ideas to Implementation In this first webinar of their two-part series…

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24 Feb

First Nations Advance Care Yarning

To celebrate National Advance Care Planning Week, 17 – 23 March 2025, and National Close the…

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24 Feb

Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Services: Monthly Breast Screens

Eleanor Duncan is thrilled to announce their ongoing partnership with Breast Screen to bring you…

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12 Feb

New smoking and vaping cessation training and resources launching soon!

To support our community controlled sector to deliver smoking and vaping cessation to Aboriginal and…

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29 Jan

Psychiatrists Resignation in NSW

Update from NSW Health 7 Feb 2025: A significant number of public health psychiatrists in…

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29 Jan

Nitazene Alert – New Guidelines for Clinicians

We previously published an article regarding the emerging risks of the synthetic-opioid drug Nitazene in…

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