The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations has warmly welcomed an announcement from the Health Minister, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, to ensure every person living in Australia with HIV has access to life saving antiretroviral medicine, regardless of Medicare eligibility.…

The Commonwealth Government must develop a mental health and suicide prevention blueprint to tackle the crisis of unmet need within the LGBTIQ community. La Trobe University research released today found 57.2% of more than 6,000 surveyed lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,…

The COVID Commission needs at least two dedicated commissioners to represent people experiencing poverty, in an effort to prevent marginalised communities being overlooked in the national containment effort. The recommendation is central to a new briefing paper on COVID-19 developed…

The disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic means the HIV response in Asia and the Pacific should consider new methods such a providing multi-month courses of medicine, online outreach to key populations, and the use of emergency funds to provide basics…

(ANA is AFAO’s member organisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities affected by HIV) BLACK LIVES MATTER The Black Lives Matter movement represents a catalyst to overhaul relationships not only between First Nations Australians, the police and the criminal…

The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations and the National LGBTI Health Alliance today called for health practitioners and medical professionals to ensure the health needs of LGBTI people are considered across all responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. It is recognised…

The Federal Government’s decision to extend funding for organisations at the heart of the nation’s HIV prevention effort will bolster Australia’s impressive progress in reducing new transmissions and combating stigma. The Minister for Health, the Hon. Greg Hunt made the…

Australia’s HIV prevention effort is the strongest it has been in almost two decades, thanks to sustained emphasis on testing, treatment as prevention, and increased uptake of the HIV prevention medicine, PrEP. Data released today by the Kirby Institute at…