Top tips for pharmacists as COVID-19 immunisation ramps up

Community pharmacists delivered their first COVID-19 vaccinations in Queensland this week, and more are expected to come online soon in other states.

PM announces new measures to curb COVID-19

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told Australians not to travel overseas, as countries begin to close their borders to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Pharmacists on the front line: Approaches to mental illness

Australia’s run of catastrophic summer bushfires followed by the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a grim toll on the nation’s mental health.

Advances in understanding obesity

Traditional health advice about this global epidemic emphasises behavioural change above all while failing to recognise obesity as a disease.

A pharmacist immuniser in the Apple Isle

Tasmanian pharmacist Christine White MPS has embraced immunisation in pharmacy, despite her own early hesitancy, and now considers the benefits ‘immense’.

HIV management in Australia – Part 2 + extended learning activity

HIV CPD extended learning activity
As health professionals who see PLHIV at each dispensing of their regular medication, pharmacists are able to contribute to their optimal management through the provision of both medicine and lifestyle advice as well as vaccination services.