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Can Hepatitis B be transmitted by mosquito bites?
Can Hepatitis B be transmitted by mosquito bites is a commonly asked question. We answered last week at CEH’s Multicultural Community Action Network’s (M-CAN) Hep B awareness session for the Indian Community. The session, titled “Is your liver as healthy as you think?” discussed all things hepatitis B, including prevention and treatment, but also busted a few myths associated with the condition.
Let’s Drop the Jargon
On Drop the Jargon Day! Tuesday October 22 Many clients have trouble understanding and using information we give them. They also struggle to understand and get around complicated systems like healthcare. When we use jargon, technical terms or acronyms, more people...
Not pulp fiction
She looks up, concerned. She is young, in a room full of men her father’s age. The material she has to deal with is sexual. How did it come to this? She looks to him and they both know all is lost. Don’t be that person who has omitted critical information when making...
CEH – Training Victorian interpreters to understand the NDIS
The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health (CEH) delivers capacity building and professional development training sessions for CALD communities and practitioners working in and with the disability service sector. Through its’ Understanding the NDIS workshops,...
Al-taqwa sessions: STI Testing Week –Talk, Test, Treat
CEH’s Multicultural Community Action Network (M-CAN) celebrated Victorian STI Testing Week by conducting an interactive workshop for year 9 & 10 students at Al-Taqwa College, Truganina. The workshop encouraged conversations around STIs within a safe space for...
Addressing viral hepatitis & liver cancer in the Chinese, Filipino & Thai communities
Pictured: Peer educators, bilingual health facilitators, Cancer Council Victoria (CCV) staff & CEH staff, celebrating earlier this month, the end of the PHN (Primary Health Network) Viral Hepatitis Project with the Multicultural Health Support Services (MHSS) team...