en-au HealthInsite News http://www.healthinsite.gov.au Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:32:00 +1000 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:32:00 +1000 HealthInsite.gov.au healthinsite.feedback@health.gov.au healthinsite.feedback@health.gov.au World 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-CD7625D92282FADCAustralian Hearing has recently conducted a survey of 1000 Australians and has published the results in 'Is Australia Listening? Attitudes to Hearing Loss'.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Australians_and_hearing_lossWed, 11 Jun 2008 17:36:48 +10007687922F-0ED2-B663-7E11D4B39E0F0864As many as one in eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have some form of cardiovascular disease, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/Cardiovascular_disease_in_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_peoplesThu, 05 Jun 2008 16:45:00 +10005770624D-ADAF-DE2C-2E7FF498161719B8World No Tobacco Day is celebrated around the world every year on 31 May.http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/news/World_No_Tobacco_DayMon, 02 Jun 2008 10:10:53 +100046914B1B-F6E4-CCB3-01AC80894EBEF73A