Vaccines are a great way to prevent infectious diseases and promote public health safety.

Waitara Family Medical Practice offers:

• Infant and child immunisations
• Catch up immunisations for children and adults
• Immunisations for travel
• COVID-19 immunisation
• Immunisation for vaccine-preventable conditions and diseases

For more information or to book an appointment, contact Waitara Family Medical Practice Reception on (02) 8038 1070.

Did you know that ECG and Spirometry are available at Waitara Family Medical Practice?

Make sure that you regularly visit the GP for health checks which may include ECG and spirometry. These can be helpful in detecting any heart or lung abnormalities.

You contact Waitara Family Medical Reception for more information or to book an appointment by calling 02 8038 1070 or online at https://www.waitaramedical.com/.

Eye conditions are remarkably common. The World Health Organization estimates that globally, at least 1 billion people  have a near or distance vision impairment that could have been prevented or has yet to be addressed.

In November 2018, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 4 January as World Braille Day. Each year this provides an opportunity to recognise the importance of inclusive written promotion to support the full realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols. Braille is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same material as those printed in a visual font.

Braille is essential in the context of education, freedom of expression and opinion, as well as social inclusion. The pandemic has revealed how critically important it is to produce essential information in accessible formats, including in Braille and audible formats.

For more information, visit: https://www.un.org/en/observances/braille-day

We return back to work

on Tuesday 4 January 2022 at 8am

Our business hours are:

• Monday: 9am – 4:30pm
• Tuesday: 8am – 4pm
• Wednesday: 9am – 4:30pm
• Thursday: 9am – 4:30pm
• Friday: 8am – 4:30pm
• Saturday: 9am – 4pm

Appointments can be made by calling reception on 8038 1070 or online at waitaramedical.com.

Waitara Family Medical Practice wishes you and your family a safe and propserous New Year 2022!

The Waitara Family Medical Practice Team wishes you and your family a joyous Christmas!

Solidarity is unity in feeling or action. It is identified as a fundamental value of international realtions by the United Nations, where those who suffer or benefit least deserve help from those who benefit the most.

International Human Solidarity falls on 20 December each year and is an opportunity to:

• celebrate our unity in diversity;
• remind governments to respect their commitments to international agreements;
• raise public awareness of the importance of solidarity;
• encourage debate on the ways to promote solidarity;
• encourage new initiatives for poverty eradication.

For more information, visit: https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-solidarity-day

International Migrants Day occurs each year on 18 December. The day was selected to mark the anniversary of the 1990 adoption by UN General Assembly of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

International migration is mixed with elements of unforeseeability, emergency, complexity, and other challenges and difficulties. International Migrants Day is an opportunity to recognise the complexity and challenges of international migration and the important role cooperation and collective action among countries and regions play.

For more information, visit: https://www.un.org/en/observances/migrants-day https://sdg.iisd.org/events/international-migrants-day-2021/

DineSmart is a hospitality industry recognised and led event that takes place every December. 

DineSmart is an initiative to raise awareness about the prominent issue of homelessness in Australia. Dine at participating restaurants and help out local grassroots community groups attempting to aid the homeless or at risk. This year funds raised are going to be distributed across different homeless projects in local areas. Types of support can include:

• Distribution of food and meals
• Youth support programs
• Housing solutions
• Medical outreach
• Plus many other vital community services

To get involved this December:

• Make a donation
• Dine out at participating restaurants
• Volunteer with the organisation
• Raise awareness on social media

For more information, visit: https://streetsmartaustralia.org/

Universal health coverage ensures all people can get the quality health services they need without financial harship.

Universal Health Coverage Day operates each year on 12 December to call for strong, equitable health systems that leave no one behind. With an ongoing global pandemic that has claimed millions of lives, the case for universal health coverage is clear.

Going forward, all global leaders and other stakeholders are urged to come together, to ensure coherent action and to build trust and accountability by widening participation in health governance at all levels.

The Universal Health Coverage global campaign is encouraging people to ‘Ask, Amplify, and Act’:

• Ask: ask governments, world leaders and those in power to act on their commitments to achieve universal health coverage.
• Amplify: write a message or take a video explaining why UHC is important to you, and why it’s critical that health systems leave no one behind. Post your story on social media on 12/12 with the hashtag #UHCDay.
• Act: rally for what’s right by showing your support on 12/12 in any way you can in the spirit of Health for All solidarity.

For more information, visit: https://universalhealthcoverageday.org/