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12 Feb 2023

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/resources/research

Victorian tobacco retail licensing scheme commitment

Quit, VicHealth, and Cancer Council Victoria applaud today’s announcement from the Victorian Government to introduce a retail licensing scheme to protect Victorians from the harms of tobacco.  

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28 Mar 2024

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/victorian-tobacco-retail-licensing-scheme-commitment

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4 Oct 2021

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Game on: New Minecraft mission builds healthy communities one block at a time

In an Australian first, Monash University and VicHealth have teamed up to develop “Kids Building Future Healthy”, a Minecraft Education Edition, that calls on healthy heroes aged 9 to 12 to...

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20 Jun 2023

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/game-new-minecraft-mission-builds-healthy-communities-one-block

Reducing race-based discrimination

See all media releases related to reducing race-based...

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22 Nov 2014

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/our-work/reducing-race-based-discrimination

Our children's wellbeing is under threat

The clock is ticking: new national health scorecard sheds light on unprecedented challenges threatening the wellbeing of Australia’s...

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4 min read

27 Nov 2023

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/our-childrens-wellbeing-under-threat

First of its kind Quit campaign and online hub urge Victorians to ‘See through the haze’ to ‘Get the facts on vaping’

A new Quit campaign highlighting the risks of vaping is being launched today alongside new research by Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer. 

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5 min read

26 May 2023

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/first-its-kind-quit-campaign-and-online-hub-urge-victorians-see

2022-23 Research Impact Grants recipients announced!

At VicHealth, research is at the heart of everything we do. It’s about seeing the bigger picture in health and investing in a better future for the people of Victoria. That’s why, we’re...

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5 Aug 2019

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/funding/impact-research-grants-2022

The Big Connect: New funded projects announced

We’re investing $5 million in these 27 programs to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of Victoria's young people.   In 2021 we launched The Big Connect, a new investment to...

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26 Sep 2022

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/funding/the-big-connect

Commercial factors driving unhealthy diets

With more than two in three Australian adults and one in four children above a healthy weight*, researchers say food availability, affordability and marketing can contribute to bad choices. Excess...

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13 Oct 2022

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/commercial-factors-driving-unhealthy-diets

Artwork by Dexx (Gunditjmara/Boon Wurrung) ‘Mobs Coming Together’ 2022

VicHealth acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land. We pay our respects to all Elders past, present and future.

This website may contain images, names and voices of deceased people.

VicHealth acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government.

Artwork Credit: Dexx (Gunditjmara/Boon Wurrung) ‘Mobs Coming Together’ 2022, acrylic on canvas. Learn more about this artwork.