Posts tagged Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations

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 …

Sexual health and LGBTI youth mental health experts have decried a lack of specific anti-bullying and HIV information in the draft national curriculum on health …

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 …

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, …

Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has responded to criticism of a new government HIV awareness campaign that has been poorly received by several health organisations. …

An HIV expert has warned of the dangers of shoddy tests after it emerged that Australians are ordering HIV tests online for home use. A …

HIV advocates say the US approval of the first drug to prevent HIV is a “dramatic development in the fight against HIV”. Australian HIV organisations …

HIV researchers say Australia should remain open-minded about home HIV testing. This month the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an over-the-counter rapid HIV …

Australia’s peak HIV organisation says Australia should allow the use of a common HIV treatment drug in HIV-negative people to protect them from contracting the …