NPS works with communities about quality use of medicines NPS works with communities about quality use of medicines

NPS organises programs within the community to:

• provide skills and knowledge for decision making about medicines
• raise and improve awareness about the role and limitations of medicines
• promote greater understanding and awareness of choices between medicines use and other approaches
• build on established communication channels
• increase consumer awareness about the key role they play in talking to health professionals about their medicines.

For further information:

• People over 50
• People with chronic conditions
• Parents / carers of children 2–9 years
• Multicultural communities
• Rural and remote communities
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Campaigns and initiatives

NPS runs a range of different campaigns and initiatives within the community including:

• Community Partners program
• Common colds need common sense, not antibiotics campaign
  
• Generic medicines are an equal choice campaign
  
• Get to know your medicines campaign — targeting Chinese and Italian speaking seniors.
  

Our partners

We work in collaboration with a number of national and state-based community and consumer peak organisations:

• Arthritis NSW
• Arthritis SA
  
• Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
• COTA, the voice of senior Australians
  
• Diabetes Tasmania
  
• Federation of Ethnic and Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA)
• National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (NACCHO)
• National Heart Foundation.
  

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