Key public health stakeholders from across the Barwon South West recently came together in Camperdown to launch the inaugural Barwon South West Public Health Strategy.
It has been shaped by...
Recently the Barwon South West Public Health Unit partnered with Cultura at the Northern Community Hub for a health pop-up event aimed at multicultural communities.
The event aimed to gather...
Recently organisations across the region celebrated International Women's Day with events and activations, including many teams within Barwon Health.
Barwon South West Public Health Unit was...
As people across the world come together to recognise World AIDS Day, a group of Barwon Health clinicians are welcoming the recent opening of Geelong’s newest sexual health clinic, encouraging...
The Barwon South West Public Health Unit (BSWPHU), hosted by Barwon Health, has developed the Barwon South West Population Health Catchment Plan (the Catchment Plan).
The Catchment Plan was...
Little Growers was a joint initiative between Bellarine Community Health (BCH) and Geelong Regional Libraries Corporation (GRLC), developed as a pilot project to engage preschool children with...
A new health partnership is aiming to make Geelong the most active city in Australia.
Local health collaboration Active Geelong has been working with Barwon Health’s Healthy Communities Unit...
As cases of Buruli ulcer increase yearly across Victoria, a recently published study by a collaboration of researchers from Barwon Health, Deakin University and CSIRO, Australia’s national...
Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week, held this year 4-8 September, is Australia’s largest event dedicated to the health and wellbeing of all women, girls and gender-diverse people.
Every...
Spending time in the garden is suspected to have caused Lance Strong to develop an ulcer on his Achilles.The Highton 75-year-old noticed what “started off as a small chafe” on the back of his...
