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On the eve of the world’s largest gathering of AIDS researchers, activists and policy makers, NAPWHA is calling on the Australian Government to show greater leadership in international efforts to finally end the global AIDS epidemic. read more »

The federal government’s sixth national HIV and STI[Sexually Transmissible (or Transmitted) Infection] Infections spread by the transfer of organisms from person to person during sexual contact. Also called venereal disease (VD) (an older public health term) or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). strategies have been welcomed for their human rights-based approach to HIV and the law and their focus on an ‘enabling environment’ to bring about positive change. read more »

While welcoming the launch late last month of the new HIV strategy, there is also concern within the sector that without effective implementation, the strategy’s goals cannot be achieved. read more »

AFAOAustralian Federation of AIDS Organisations. AFAO is the peak non-government organisation representing Australia's community-based response to HIV/AIDS. AFAO's work includes education, policy, advocacy and international projects. hosted the launch of the national HIV strategy by Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mark Butler. The initiative brings together state and federal governments to target communities with increasing HIV infection rates, including young Australians traveling overseas and indigenous communities struggling with injecting drug use. watch video »

NAPWHA has welcomed the official launch of the Sixth National HIV Strategy this morning, but warned that without an effective implementation plan, the strategy’s goals cannot be achieved. read more »

Following the Australian Health Ministers’ Conference on 22 April, all states and territories along with the Commonwealth have endorsed the five new national strategies for blood-borne virusesA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. (BBVs) and sexually transmissible infections (STIs[Sexually Transmissible (or Transmitted) Infection] Infections spread by the transfer of organisms from person to person during sexual contact. Also called venereal disease (VD) (an older public health term) or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). ).

NAPWHA participated in the drafting and development process, along with other stakeholders in the HIV partnership. read more »

“HIV prevention must be supported from an evidence base of best health promotion practice and with respect for the rights and dignity of those living with HIV,” NAPWHA president Robert Mitchell has told today’s opening ceremony of the 21st Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference. read more »

It has been almost a year since the last National Strategy expired but finally the formation of a new one is in the works. read more »

In a welcome intervention to put HIV on the agenda of federal parliament, Nationals MP for Riverina, Kay Hull, moved a private member’s bill in the House of Representatives on June 23, asking for bipartisan support for a revitalised response to HIV in Australia. read more »

The National Strategy on HIV provides the framework for how Australia will respond to the epidemic into the future, writes NAPWHA President Robert Mitchell. read more »