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Boost preventive health in pharmacies: Plunkett

20 January 2010 | Preventive health programs delivered by pharmacies will address a predicted fall in workforce participation caused by an ageing population, according to the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia


HPV program boosts spending on preventive health

6 November 2009 | Government spending on preventive health and promotion jumped by 21 per cent during the 2007-08 financial year, driven by the roll out of the human papilloma virus vaccination program to fight cervical cancer.


Preventive health agency one step closer

23 October 2009 | Pharmacists' peak professional body has welcomed the endorsement of Australia's first preventive health agency by MPs in Canberra.


Call for nicotine products on PBS

2 September 2009 | A Government taskforce has proposed making nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) available through the PBS. 1 comment


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