HIV AUSTRALIA 2024
HIV Australia 2024
Find on this page commissioned articles, audio interviews, and editorials about the latest in HIV, from both a local and global perspective.
Essays
Using Harm Minimisation to empower and keep young people safe at Leavers
In this HIV Australia essay Marcus Shaw, from WAAC talks about the Leavers Response health promotion program, an evidence-based program that employs a peer-based, harm reduction approach.
Published: March 2024
HIV Cure Research in 2024
In this HIV Australia essay Dr Jillian Lau a clinical researcher at The Doherty Institute and several major hospitals in Melbourne and Heather Ellis, from Positive Women Victoria talk about HIV cure research in 2024.
Published: January 2024
Promoting Health and Peer Connection for older people with HIV
In this HIV Australia essay Vic Perri, from Living Positive Victoria describes some of the ways that Living Positive Victoria is building capacity in older people with HIV.
Published: January 2024
Blogs
Stigma monitoring, interventions, and a way forward
In this HIV Australia blog Dr Timothy Broady, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health talks about the findings from the Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project for people living with HIV and other priority groups.
Published: March 2024
The importance of knowledge sharing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy Communities
In this HIV Australia blog Amber Craig-Rose from 2Spirits talks about importance of knowledge sharing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy Communities.
Published: March 2024
STI-X – Victoria’s rural STI vending machine pilot well underway
In this HIV Australia blog Dr Dave Evans from the Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health at the University of Melbourne talks about Victoria’s rural STI vending machine pilot program.
Published: February 2024
Our Health Matters
In this HIV Australia blog Dylan Barrett from Queensland Council for LGBTI Health talks about Our Health Matters campaign a Queensland first for Trans, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary communities.
Published: January 2024
ComePrEPd
In this HIV Australia blog Robert Muscolino from Queensland Council for LGBTI Health talks about ComePrEPd, a community-led HIV prevention campaign.
Published: January 2024
Podcasts
Issues of Data Collection for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities
In this HIV Australia podcast Health Equity Matters talks with Ela Naruka from the Kirby Institute, Chris Lemoh from the Victorian African Health Action Network and Daniel Coase from the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia discuss the issue of data collection for culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Published: April 2024
Interpretation of the National HIV Quarterly Report
In this HIV Australia podcast Health Equity Matters talks with Dr Skye McGregor from the Kirby institute sharing the latest data from the National HIV Quarterly Report.
Published: April 2024
Long-term trends in gay and bisexual men’s behaviour, and the impacts of COVID-19
In this HIV Australia podcast Professor Martin Holt from the Centre for Social research in Health shares the findings from a study on the long-term trends in gay and bisexual men’s behaviour, and the impacts of COVID-19.
Published: March 2024
HIV Cure Research in 2024
In this HIV Australia podcast Heather Ellis from Positive Women Victoria talks with Dr Jillian Lau clinical researcher at the Doherty Institute and several major hospitals in Melbourne to talk about HIV cure research in 2024.
Published: January 2024