Tag: health
Program to help newly arrived refugees navigate health system
Newly arrived refugees will get a better understanding of Australia’s health system and the services they can access thanks to a new program starting...
MY BRIMBANK: Aphrodhite Sovolos
Afrodhite Sovolos runs a Greek dance fitness class in St Albans, and is running a White Ribbon fundraiser this week. She spoke to Ewen...
A sad day for senior citizen
A Wyndham woman has called for improved treatment for senior citizens who have a mental illness, after her own experience with the health system.
Norma...
Sunbury is raising the bar for men’s health
Sunbury is working to raise the bar for men’s health.
A free tradie breakfast, part of Australia’s Men’s Health Week (June 12-18), will be held...
Funding boost to combat family violence
Women’s Health West is one of 34 organisations to share in a $1.2 million funding boost to help prevent family violence.
The grant will focus...
Health check up for Derrimut PS
Children and families at Derrimut Primary School are the latest to benefit from a project designed to improve the health of the west.
Students from...
Melton’s failing health card
A third of Melton children are either overweight or obese, while more than two-thirds of the municipality’s adult population are failing to get in...
Health centre boost for babies
Brimbank’s baby boom has received a helping hand with the opening of a new maternal and child health centre in Sunshine.
The new facility came...
Epilepsy fundraiser for Ravenhall
Epilepsy is often seen as a silent illness, but Julia Vieira is hoping to change that.
Ms Vieira is holding a fundraiser in Ravenhall for...
Autism in the spotlight
Despina Havelas, a disability services advocate in Brimbank for years, has special regard for the month of April.
This is Autism Awareness Month – and...
Plea for help for cancer teen
Diana Karupovic is a fighter – but right now she needs all the help she can get.
The 15-year-old Kings Park Copperfield College student has...
My Brimbank: Alyce Vella
Alyce Vella lives in Sunshine and works in the area for Women's Health West. She spoke to Ewen McRae
What’s your connection to Brimbank?
I grew...
OT to walk to raise funds for new women’s and children’s hospital
Sunshine Hospital occupational therapist Leanne Reynolds is counting down the days until the Joan Kirner Women’s...
Governor visits new mums
Victorian governor Linda Dessau celebrated International Women’s Day last week greeting new mums at Sunshine Hospital maternity ward.
Ms Dessau, the first female governor of...
Shave for a cause
One year after adopting a half-shaved, undercut hair style, Keilor East’s Beth Guglielmini is ready to go all the way in the World’s Greatest...
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Give better this Christmas
It’s OK to veto Valentine’s Day and pay little heed to Halloween, but when it comes to Christmas most of us aren’t willing to...
