Waitara Medical would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Easter for 2022!
Waitara Family Medical Practice will be closed from Friday 15 April – Monday 18 April. The Practice will reopen on Tuesday 19 April 8am.
To make an appointment, please contact Reception on 02 8038 1070 or book online at Waitara Medical.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that affects a person’s control of their body movements. Parkinson’s disease is degenerating and often life threatening, requiring an immediate stop.
To promote awareness on Parkinson’s disease, get involved this April by:
For more information, visit:
https://www.parkinsonsnsw.org.au/support-us/world-parkinsons-day
Sexual Assault Awareness month is a campaign designed to raise awareness in the community regarding the harms of sexual assault. This is a major problem in society and action needs to be taken to prevent further damage.
Sexual harassment, assault, and abuse can happen anywhere, including in online spaces. Harassment, cyberbullying, and sexual abuse and exploitation have come to be expected as typical and unavoidable behaviors online.
Building Safe Online Spaces Together is possible when practicing digital consent, intervening when witnessing harmful content and behaviors, and promoting online communities that value respect, inclusion, and safety.
Fight against sexual assault this April by:
For more information, visit: https://www.nsvrc.org/saam
World Autism Awareness Day is a worldwide initiative aiming to increase understanding of the disability. Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterised by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication.
Show your support this April by:
For more details, visit: https://www.autismspeaks.org/world-autism-awareness-day
Every year, at 8:30 pm on the last Saturday of March, millions of people across the world show their support for our planet, raising awareness of nature loss and climate change – the two biggest threats facing our one home.
Earth Hour began as a symbolic lights-out event in Sydney in 2007, and is now one of the world’s largest grassroots movements for the environment. Earth Hour engages millions of people in more than 180 countries and territories, switching off their lights to show support for our planet.
Earth Hour is more than just an Hour for the planet – it’s a movement for the future.
This year, Earth Hour falls on Saturday 26 March, running from 8:30pm. Switch off your lights for an hour on Saturday March 26 2022 at 8:30 pm your local time to get involved.
For more information, visit: https://www.earthhour.org/
Purple Day is a campaign run each year where people around the world are asked to spread the word about epilepsy by wearing purple. Epilepsy is a medical condition that affects the electrical messages sent by the brain, causing seizures. Disrupted electrical activity in the brain can lead to a change in a person’s movement, behaviour, level of awareness, and/or feeling.
Purple Day aims to encourage people to talk about epilepsy and to remind those who live with seizures that they are not alone. Purple Day is dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide.
Get involved with Purple Day by:
For more information, visit: https://epilepsyfoundation.org.au/you-can-help/fundraise/purple-day/ and https://www.purpleday.com.au/
Each year World TB Day is commemorated on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by infection with the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis.TB most commonly affects a person’s lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body and can cause serious illness.
Get involved this March by:
For more information, visit: https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-tb-day
World Water Day focuses on the importance of freshwater – celebrating water and raising awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. World Water Day is an opportunity to promote action to tackle the global water crisis, with a core focus on supporting the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.
Get involved with World Water Day by:
For more information, visit: https://www.un.org/en/observances/water-day
Harmony Week celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity.
Harmony Week is a time to celebrate Australian multiculturalism, and the successful integration of migrants into communities. This week is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by a set of core Australian values.
Everyone can get involved this March by:
For more information, visit: https://www.harmony.gov.au/
National Advance Care Planning Week encourages all Australians, regardless of their age or health status, to make their future health care preferences known. Advance care planning gives individuals a voice in their health care, no matter what the future brings. It is an ongoing process which involves discussing a person’s values, beliefs and preferences so they can guide decision making when the person cannot make or communicate their decisions.
The initiative has been successful in starting tough but important conversations. It is an important opportunity for people to discuss what living well means to them and to consider who they would want to speak for them, if they were too sick to speak for themselves.
Get involved with National Advance Care Planning Week by:
For more information, visit: http://www.advancecareplanning.org.au/acpweek/about/about-advance-care-planning-week