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Community education sessions on medicinesCommunity education sessions on medicines

NPS partners with various different organisations to present in-language community education sessions in the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Korean
  • Macedonian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Vietnamese
The community education sessions will cover the topics of Managing pain and the Safe and wise use of medicines. In these seminars you will learn how to get to know all your medicines — prescription medicines, medicines bought in a pharmacy or supermarket without a prescription, and natural medicines including vitamins and herbs. You will also learn why it’s important to understand when and how to use your medicines, how long to take them and what they are for, and what you should discuss with your doctor and pharmacist before starting a new medicine.

Please see below for the dates and venues for the 2011 community education sessions. Call an organisation close to you to attend a session.

Organisation
 Dates of sessions (2011)
 Contact details
ACT
A.C.T Chinese Australian Association Inc.
 17 May
28 June
27 July
11, 25, 27 August
11, 28 September
 02 6244 2419
New South Wales
Arab Council Australia
 19 May
23, 28 June
26, 28 July
30 August
 02 9709 4333
Australian Chinese Community Association of NSW Inc. (ACCA)
 13, 27 July
12, 26 August
 02 9281 1377
Australian Korean Welfare Association
 12 April
4, 12 May
16, 20, 22 June
 02 9718 9589
Chinese Migrant Welfare Association Inc. (CMWA)
 12 April
7 June
23 September
 02 9828 6228
Co.As.It Italian Associations of Assistance

24, 26 May
7, 9 June
29, 30 September

 02 9564 0744
Greek Welfare Centre
 2 May
7 June
7, 18 July
10, 23 August
2, 26 September
 02 9516 2188
Macedonian Welfare Association NSW Inc.
 7, 9, 10, 11 June
 02 4275 226
NSW Spanish and Latin American Association

2 June
1, 7, 25 July
2 August
2 September

 02 9724 2220
Macedonian Australian Welfare Association of Sydney (MAWA)

1, 23 June
17 August
19 September

 02 9597 5455
Western Australia

Italo-Australian Welfare & Cultural Centre Inc.
 18 May
20 July
17 August
21 September
 08 9228 2220
Victoria
Australian Greek Welfare Society (AGWS)
 12 May
20 June
25 July
31 August
1 September
 03 9388 9998
Australian Vietnamese Women's Association (AVWA) Inc.
 18, 20 May
17, 19 August
 03 9428 9078
Chinese Community Social Services Centre Inc.
 21 April
16, 17 May
5, 19 June
13 July
11, 25 August
20 September
 03 9898 1965
Greek Welfare Centre Victoria
 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 29, 30 August
5, 6, 16, 23 September
 03 9486 6588
Co.As.It — Italian Assistance Association Victoria
 15 July
20 July
 03 9349  9000
Macedonian Community Welfare Association
 4 May
9 June
21 July
8, 27 August
13 September
 03 9310 7566
Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre Inc. (CELAS)
 12 May
9 June
27 July
11, 18, 31 August
 03 9687 0181
The Federation of Chinese Association VIC
 12, 21 April
10, 20 May
2, 16 June
4, 11, 21, 22, 24, 27, 29 July
1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 19, 26 August
 03 9650 6468
Victorian Arabic Social Services (VASS)
 20 April
19 May
22 June
22 July
22 August
20 September
 03 9309 0055
South Australia
CO.AS.IT (SA) Inc.
 26 April
24 May
28 June
29 July
 08 8165 3755
Chinese Welfare Services of SA Inc.
 1 April
21 June
9, 12 August
 08 8212 2988
Overseas Chinese Association
 7 April
2 May
8, 16 June
5 July
17 August
1, 30 September
 08 8445 1622
The Chung Wah Association Inc (Chung Wah Community & Aged Care)
 1, 27, 28 July
4, 13 August
 08 9328 3988
Queensland
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland Ltd

27 May
10 June
8 July
11 August
5, 12, 15 September

 07 3017 2787
Co.As.It (Italian Australian Welfare Association Inc.)
 5, 6, 7, 12 April
10, 18, 26 May
8, 15 June
13, 22, 27, 28 July
10, 24, 30 August
5, 14, 21, 28 September
 07 3352 5755
Hong Kong Association of Queensland Inc.

2, 9 July
17, 21 September

 07 3216 9366

If you would like to run a community education session in one of these languages please contact us

Date published: 2011-06-16 00:00:00

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