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Victorian community health service, cohealth, has praised today’s State Budget for its focus on addressing the drivers of disadvantage by increasing supply of social housing, improving access to early childhood education and boosting jobs and training efforts. “This is a budget with heart,” said Nicole Bartholomeusz, Chief Executive, cohealth.
Read moreVictorian not-for-profit community health service, cohealth, welcomes the final report from the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Mental Health, but says the report falls short in addressing many of the structural drivers of mental health such as housing, racism, and poverty.
Read moreAn innovative health program across Melbourne’s public housing high-rises has seen cohealth employ public housing residents and community members as ‘health concierges’ to share health information as Melbourne emerges from lockdown.
Read moreThe announcement of significant investment in public and community housing will improve the health of thousands of Victorians, says community health service cohealth. cohealth applauds the State Government strategy to prioritise social housing as part of Victoria’s pandemic recovery.
Read morecohealth applauds the Victorian Government’s proposal to make Naloxone more easily accessible for Victorians. Naloxone is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose. The proposed amendment to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act would mean that a broader range of services and practitioners would be able to dispense Naloxone, not just pharmacies.
Read moreFormer COVID-hotpots in Melbourne’s north and west have reported zero new cases today (Source: DHHS), an outcome that community health service cohealth has put down to a community-led response, a joint response from multiple community health services, and culturally specific health efforts.
Read moreA program assessing COVID-positive patients’ capacity to self-isolate will be rolled out statewide after a successful pilot program in Melbourne’s north and west suburbs revealed startling statistics around social factors that can prevent people from quarantining.
Read moreCulturally-specific programs for Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander Victorians are contributing to low COVID infection rates, says community health organisation, cohealth.
Read moreCommunity health organisation cohealth is using International Overdose Awareness Day to highlight the damaging impacts of addiction stigma on people who use drugs and alcohol. International Overdose Awareness Day, observed yearly on 31 August, is a global effort to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths.
Read moreA ‘zine, produced by people who are homeless, and distribution of nearly 100 mobile phones and smart devices, are among the initiatives cohealth is using to connect people experiencing homelessness during COVID-19.
Read moreWith the extension of the hard lockdown of public housing in North Melbourne, cohealth will continue to provide health services and other supports to residents, with a mobile health clinic in operation on the ground floor onsite.
Read morecohealth welcomes today’s announcement that its community health centre in the city is Victorian Government's preferred location for a second Medically Supervised Injecting Facility in Victoria.
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