HIV Australia 2023

In this HIV Australia essay Jae Condon, from the National Association for People Living with HIV (NAPWHA) talks about ageing well as people living with HIV head into their later years of life.

Published: 2023

In this HIV Australia essay Heather Ellis, from Positive Women Victoria talks about the impact HIV has on the gut during the early days of transmission before diagnosis and treatment.

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia essay Charlie Lay, Project Officer at the Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL)  delves into the issue of stigma as a barrier for People Who Inject Drugs in accessing comprehensive HIV testing and treatment.

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia blog Marcus Shaw from WAAC shares the Step Forward: Flight Stigma campaign developed by WAAC to increase awareness of stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV (PLHIV) whilst also normalising HIV as a chronic health condition.

In this blog, HOLA (HIV Online Learning Australia) provides a summary of a recently published paper on HIV-related stigma interventions by Dr Dean Murphy. The paper provides an explanation of some HIV stigma definitions, an overview of the theory and concepts related to stigma, and various approaches used in the development of HIV-related stigma interventions, as well as an overview of how HIV-related stigma is measured.

Published 2023

In this HIV Australia blog, Setsen Zayasaikhan and Philips Loh talk about the Youth for Health Centre – PrEP demonstration project in Mongolia which is part of Health Equity Matters Sustainability of HIV Services for Key Populations in Southeast Asia (SKPA-2) international program.

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia blog Memoona Rafique from Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) shares the living experience group program, a support group for culturally and linguistically diverse people living with HIV.

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia blog Loc Nguyen from ACON outlines some of the community development, health promotion and partnerships that ACON has been working on in Greater Western Sydney with The West Ball and FLAGCOM (Filipino Lesbian and Gay Community and Friends).

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia blog, Dr Nikki Sullivan shares The CONNECT pilot, set out to test the efficacy of using vending machines to dispense free Atomo HIVST kits in order to overcome barriers to testing for culturally and linguistically diverse people.

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia blog, Dr Lisa Wojciechowski talks about the Young and Positive research study, the first national study in Australia to document the perspectives of young people (aged 18-29) living with HIV.

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia Blog Heather Ellis, from Positive Women Victoria talks about menopause for Women Living With HIV.

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia blog Mike Wacher from ACON talks about the Sydney World Pride ‘WITH LOVE’ campaign a social marketing campaign developed with the aim of promoting a culture of care and looking out for one another. Encouraging community to enjoy themselves, but as always, to do it with safety in mind.

Published: May 2023

In this HIV Australia blog Dr Skye McGregor from the Kirby Institute discuss the latest data on blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Published: May 2023

In this HIV Australia blog, Carmen Gianfrancesco, Bridge Truell, Roanna Lobo, and Gemma Crawford from Curtin University discuss perceptions of HIV risk amongst heterosexually identifying people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background in Australia and share initial findings from a recent study.

Published: April 2023

Sexual health is an important aspect of overall health and wellbeing, but unfortunately, it’s often overlooked or stigmatised. That’s why it’s so encouraging to hear in this HIV Australia blog the great work that Gurriny Yealamucka is doing to improve the sexual health of the Yarrabah community. As highlighted by NACCHO, the organisation’s efforts to provide culturally appropriate education, screening, and access to resources have helped create a safer and healthier community for everyone.

Published: April 2023

In this episode, Jack Crnjanin and Dr Nikki Sullivan from SAMESH discuss the CONNECT Project in Adelaide which provides access to rapid HIV self-test kits to strengthen pathways to treatment and support.

Published: August 2023

In this HIV Australia podcast, Dr. Setsen and Dr. Khulan from Youth for Health Center, talk about the PrEP demonstration project in Mongolia being supported by Health Equity Matters’ Sustainability of HIV Services for Key Populations in Southeast Asia Program (SKPA-2).

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia podcast, Jimmy Chen from the National Association of People with HIV Australia talks with Carlos, who is originally from Chile and is living with HIV, and shares their experiences accessing healthcare for culturally and linguistically diverse people living with HIV.

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia podcast, Jimmy Chen from the National Association of People with HIV Australia talks with Peach who is trans woman who migrated from Thailand and shares her experiences accessing healthcare for culturally and linguistically diverse trans women living with HIV.

Published: June 2023

In this HIV Australia podcast Heather Ellis, from Positive Women Victoria talks about menopause for Women Living With HIV. (this podcast comes from a recording of Positive Women Victoria’s webinar on Menopause and Women Living With HIV)

Published: June 2023

In this episode of the Indigenous podcast series, the Anwernekenhe National HIV Alliance discuss the impacts of racism and access to healthcare for Prisons and Incarceration.

Published: June 2023

In this episode of the Indigenous podcast series, the Anwernekenhe National HIV Alliance are joined by several Brotherboys to discuss the impacts of racism and access to healthcare.

Published: May 2023

In this episode of the Indigenous podcast series, the Anwernekenhe National HIV Alliance are joined by several Sistergirls to discuss the impacts of racism and access to healthcare.

Published: May 2023

In this episode, Dr Skye McGregor and Robert Monaghan from The Kirby Institute talk about the most recent epidemiological HIV and sexual health data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and some of its implications for consideration.

Published: April 2023

In this episode, Patty Whatley speaks with Dr Lisa Wojciechowski who talks about the Young and Positive research study, the first national study in Australia to document the perspectives of young people (aged 18-29) living with HIV.

Published: March 2023