Investment In Mental Health Services Needed
Aside from the social and economic impacts of COVID-19, the ongoing pandemic has also caused significant damage to the mental health and wellbeing of Australians, …
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April 15, 2020 TGA approves lowering of blood donation deferral period
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March 14, 2020 LGBTQI health groups issue COVID-19 advice to community
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December 1, 2019 “We didn’t know what was coming”: AIDS in Australia
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June 3, 2019 Philippines President claims he used to be gay before he “cured” himself
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April 29, 2019 The TGA has received more than 70 submissions about the proposed poppers ban
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NSW Government’s Proposed Mandatory HIV Testing Condemned
The New South Wales government on Wednesday introduced a new mandatory HIV testing law in Parliament, a move condemned by experts and community organisations. The …
TGA approves lowering of blood donation deferral period
The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) has welcome the Therapeutic Goods Administrations’ (TGA) decision to revise the blood donation deferral period for men who …
LGBTQI health groups issue COVID-19 advice to community
Australia’s leading LGBTQI health groups have warned that certain community members could be particularly vulnerable during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Australian Federation of AIDS …
“We didn’t know what was coming”: AIDS in Australia
On the evening of December 1, 1988, the first ever World AIDS Day, hundreds of people packed into the Martin Place amphitheatre in Sydney for …
Philippines President claims he used to be gay before he “cured” himself
“I became a man again, so beautiful women cured me… I hated handsome men afterwards. I now prefer beautiful women.”
The TGA has received more than 70 submissions about the proposed poppers ban
The TGA’s final decision is expected to be handed down in June.
AFAO welcomes $45 million federal funding commitment towards HIV prevention
“This package is the greatest boost to resources we have seen in two decades and allows us to accelerate the end of HIV transmission.”
Architect of ‘Grim Reaper’ TV campaign compares AIDS crisis to MDMA use
“The Grim Reaper campaign terrorised people living with HIV & made generations of Australians afraid of us”
Over one thousand Queenslanders now taking up free PrEP
Minister for Health Cameron Dick said the strong uptake demonstrated the high demand for the state’s PrEP trial.