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CEO Chris Tanti fights to get rid of Blood cancer

Leadership, Latest Appointments, Health, News

New CEO ready to step up the fight for a future free from blood cancer

Paulo Rizal January 29, 2021

The Leukaemia Foundation is set to face 2021 with renewed energy, experience and passion at the helm, with new Chief Executive Officer Chris Tanti leading

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Sir Jackie Stewart and wife Helen Stewart, who was diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia in 2014.

Fundraising, Health, Grants, News

2 Dementia research projects get boost from legendary Formula One racer

Paulo Rizal January 19, 2021

Racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart OBE’s Race Against Dementia charity and the Dementia Australia Research Foundation have announced the inaugural recipients of the ‘Race Against

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covid-19, Reports, research, Health, Scholarships, Policy, Housing and Homelessness, News, data

COVID-19 worsened homelessness, underemployment in Melbourne, report reveals

Paulo Rizal January 5, 2021

Celebrated as one of the world’s most liveable cities, Melbourne is now emerging from the toughest COVID-19 lockdowns to face social, economic and environmental challenges.

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melbourne charities to receive covid-19 aid

covid-19, Funding, Health, Grants, News

Melbourne charities to receive over $3 million in grants for COVID-19 aid

Paulo Rizal January 5, 2021

Melbourne charities will share in more than $3 million in grants from Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation through this year’s special COVID-19 program. The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Chief Executive Officer Dr Catherine Brown, OAM said

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Collaboration, Health, Grants, News

Pancreatic cancer researchers to receive $600,000 grant

Kristjan Porm December 1, 2020

PanKind, The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation, will award $600,000 for Collaborative Research Grants in its 2020 grant round, supporting top Australian researchers to make an impact for pancreatic cancer, a disease on

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News, Government, Health, data, Finance, Reports, Governance

Australians support gov’t COVID-19 restrictions, thumb down herd immunity approach, report shows

Paulo Rizal November 26, 2020

An ethics report reveals Australians strong support for government restrictions to contain COVID-19 such as lockdowns, the closure of international and state borders, and mandatory mask-wearing in public places and public transport.

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News, Health, Charities, Housing and Homelessness

Charity helps ‘Fill the Gap’ through free dental treatments for vulnerable Australians

Paulo Rizal November 26, 2020

Hundreds of vulnerable patients received free dental treatment, thanks to the efforts of Filling the Gap, the charity of the Australian Dental Association- New South Wales (ADA

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Mental Health, research, Health

Childhood Dementia fatal to children, newly-launched org reports

Paulo Rizal November 23, 2020

Childhood Dementia Initiative (CDI), a newly–launched not-for-profit organisation has released a burden of disease and white paper report detailing how dementia, a disease usually associated with old age, has been found fatal

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covid-19, Funding, Health, Grants, Awards

Viertel Foundation awards $4.09 million to fund medical research

Paulo Rizal November 17, 2020

Three medical researchers were admitted to the Viertel Foundation Senior Medical Research Fellowship — one of Australia’s largest philanthropic medical research grants, to fund their work in combatting the

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Australians to gain new hub for thrombosis and its prevention

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