The first trips as part of a new Commonwealth-funded Community Transport Program commenced recently, helping reduce barriers to the COVID-19 vaccination.
An initiative of Volunteering Geelong, the...
Aboriginal people now have access to a culturally-safe clinic at Geelong’s new Aboriginal Vaccination Clinic which launched at the beginning of June.
The clinic is a collaboration between Barwon...
As the Barwon South West Public Health Unit continues to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination program across the region, the program reached an impressive milestone last month as the 100,000th dose...
As Australia continues to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination program, people in Geelong with a disability needing special access can now access a suitable clinic.
Barwon Health’s Disability...
A partnership between Diversitat and Barwon South West Pubic Health Unit has provided information sessions for a number of cultural groups in the region.
The events have all featured Professor...
Badriyah Eeso is one of the first people from Geelong’s refugee community to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, thanks to a partnership between not-for-profit service provider Diversitat and...
Recently South West Healthcare in Warrnambool welcomed the community to the state’s newest high volume vaccination centre.
Open a minimum five days a week, the Community Vaccination Centre in...
When Giuseppe “Joe” Puglia retired as a truck driver at Norlane’s Ford Motor factory in 2013, he never expected to return to the site for a vaccination thirteen years later.
Joe, who also...
The Barwon South West COVID-19 vaccination program outreach team collaborated with Colac Area Health to vaccinate aged care residents at Corangamarah and frontline healthcare workers recently....
FORD’S former home at Norlane has transformed from the centre of Australia’s motor industry into the community vaccination hub that will service the majority of the Geelong and Surf Coast...