With the school year approaching, now is a good time for families across the Murrumbidgee to check their child’s immunisation status and make sure records are up to date before term begins.

People facing food insecurity will soon have the chance to access essential supplies at an upcoming Foodbank pop-up event in Young.

People facing food insecurity will soon have the chance to access essential supplies at an upcoming Foodbank pop-up event in West Wyalong.

Locals experiencing food insecurity or homelessness will have access to fresh food, health care services, and local community support resources at the upcoming Homelessness Week Expo in Wagga Wagga.

People experiencing food insecurity will have the opportunity to replenish their supplies at an upcoming Foodbank pop-up event in Leeton.

While mosquitoes are well known for their annoying buzz and itchy bites, in NSW they can also spread viruses such as Japanese encephalitis virus, Murray Valley encephalitis and Ross River virus to humans.

Community Managed Organisations (CMO’s) in the Murrumbidgee region are encouraged to apply for funding to hold events in communities across the Murrumbidgee in which a vaccination pop-up clinic could be held.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) has the highest rate of fully immunised one year olds, and also the highest rate of boys immunised against human papillomavirus (HPV) in Australia, a report just released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reveals.

Healthy Communities recently released their findings from a report on Human papillomavirus immunisation rates in 2014-2015.

Children in the Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network region have the highest rates of full immunisation in Australia according to the National Health Performance Authority’s Healthy Communities Report: Immunisation Rates for Children 2014-15 released today.