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  1. How alcohol affects your body

    Like all drugs, alcohol can damage your body, especially if you drink heavily every day or in binges.

  2. How drugs affect your body

    Drugs affect your body’s central nervous system. They affect how you think, feel and behave.

  3. How to cope and stay safe in extreme heat

    Know the effects of extreme heat, who is at risk and how you can prepare yourself and others.

  4. How to find your immunisation records

    Immunisations are recorded on the centralised Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). Individuals can download their Immunisation History Statement from the AIR.

  5. Human papillomavirus (HPV) and immunisation

    Information about human papillomavirus (HPV) including symptoms, causes, prevention, sexual transmission, cervical screening and immunisation to protect against cervical and HPV-related cancers.

  6. Hypothermia

    The early responses to hypothermia will be moving around, seeking shelter, hair standing on end (goosebumps) and shivering.

  7. Ice (crystal methamphetamine)

    The drug ice, is a stimulant with a high risk of addiction if it used regularly.

  8. Immunisation and pregnancy

    Immunisation can protect a woman and her unborn baby against many infectious diseases.

  9. Immunisation history statements for children

    By law, parents or guardians must provide an Immunisation History Statement when enrolling children in any childcare service, kindergarten or primary school in Victoria.

  10. Immunisation – common questions

    We answer some common questions about immunisation, including how immunisation works, why it's important and where you can be immunised.