Tag Archive | "Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations"

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WHO recognises GLBTs in AIDS fight

Australia’s peak national AIDS organisations have welcomed new public health recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that aim to assist policy makers and [...]

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Tremor of an epidemic

The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) published a report on June 4, 1981 which has gone down in history as the first published [...]

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Baxter says his goodbyes

Don Baxter has retired as executive director of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) but will be keeping a lot on his plate. [...]

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Text reminders for STI tests

A new social marketing campaign allows you to receive text messages or emails reminding you about sexually transmitted infection tests. The 12-week Drama Down [...]

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The criminalisation of HIV

Broadcaster Doug Pollard will lead a discussion on the increasing number of HIV transmission cases before the courts on JOY FM this Saturday. We [...]

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Baxter leaving AFAO

After almost a decade at the helm of Australia’s peak HIV member organisation — the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) — executive director [...]

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‘Urgent’ need for HIV investment

The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) has called for urgent investment to stem the unchecked HIV epidemics continuing to sweep through men who [...]

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Hopeful signs for HIV change

The HIV prevention message across the globe has been boosted from an unlikely quarter just days before the world stops for World AIDS Day. [...]

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Papal shift on condom use

Australian AIDS organisations have cautiously welcomed comments by Pope Benedict XVI that appear to condone condom use in preventing the spread of HIV. As [...]

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AFAO welcomes funding increase

The Gillard Government will increase Australia’s commitment to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria by $255 million — or 55 percent — [...]

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