Women's Health

Seventeen senior officials from key Indonesian government departments and non-government organisations are taking part in three months of intensive training on how to intergrate gender into government policy and planning at the Centre for Development Studies, Flinders University.

Murray Mallee Community Health Service recently hosted three particpants of this course for three days , during which time they gathered information on related services provided by our organisation.

Click on the link below to view the relevent media release.

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Murray Mallee Community Health Service is proud to have been accepted as a member of the Violence Prevention Alliance. We believe this is a first for Australia.

VPA is a global network for organizations working to prevent violence; it was officially formed in January 2004 at the WHO-hosted Milestones of a global campaign for violence prevention meeting. The Milestones meeting reviewed the progress made in the first year following the 2002 launch of WHO's World report on violence and health (WRVH) and its subsequent Global Campaign for Violence Prevention (GCVP), and looked to the future to plan activities to be undertaken as part of the GCVP.

As there is a strong correlation between violence and those who experience mental health issues it was decided to hold the launch of our acceptance during Mental Health Week in October.

Everyone has mental health, that doesn't mean we are mental, it means we need to take care of ourselves so that we feel well and able to cope. Ways of keeping yourself well include getting help, mixing with others, laughing and exercise. Talk to workers at community health if you feel like you are going 'crazy' - we can help find ways to support you to feel better and more able to manage.

Click on the link below to view phone numbers of other services available for women in the Murray Mallee...

Click on the link below to view the Women's Information Service's Calender of Events. www.wis.sa.gov.au.

Children by Choice launched the first nation-wide, pro-choice unplanned pregnancy telephone counselling service on Monday 9th August. The service will be the first and only Australia wide, providing unbiased counselling and information on all unplanned pregnancy options - abortion, adoption and parenting. Children by Choice will also offer counselling to women who have experienced abortion.

Children by Choice counselling services are free and confidential. The counselling line will be open Monday to Friday 9 - 5pm EST and is staffed by qualified psychologists and social workers.

TOLL FREE NUMBER 1800 177 725

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