The AFAO is among other community and government HIV and AIDS organisations that has criticised mainstream media reporting of a Brisbane school student finding and injuring himself with a needlestick as generating “fear”.
An open letter from the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Dear Ambassador Ayo Olukanni, Nigerian anti-gay legislation threatens to violate fundamental human rights and devastate …
The World AIDS Day slogan ‘HIV is still here’ is a message that every gay man in Australia must know and understand. Of the 1,250 …
HIV testing and diagnosis is set to become significantly easier with the approval of new rapid HIV screening tests in Australia. The Therapeutic Goods Administration …
ROBERT BURTON-BRADLEY A United Nations report has strongly criticised Australia’s HIV reporting regime just days before World AIDS Day, saying its failure to include certain …
The federal government has poured $13 million into HIV research, just days after Australia’s peak HIV bodies called on governments to boost the country’s research …
New HIV diagnoses rose 8.2 percent in Australia last year, sparking fresh calls for new measures in the fight against HIV. The latest annual surveillance …
BY ROBERT BURTON-BRADLEY The federal government has suggested low income earners living with HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses should take up private health insurance when …
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has announced the appointment of James Gilling as Australia’s Ambassador for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Carr said the role has been …
A group of 11 Indonesian health workers have arrived in Australia to gain knowledge and experience working in HIV prevention for gay men. The delegation, …
