Category Archives: HIV/AIDS

Sounding the alarm over cutbacks to Qld organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health

May 21, 2012 – 6:28 pm

It seems that some high-need areas are being targeted for cuts by the new Queensland Government. The prison advocacy group Sisters Inside has been in the news over its concerns about the future of services to women inside Townsville Women’s Correctional Centre (TWCC) – most of whom are Indigenous. As the tweet below suggests, there are [...]

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The Grim Reaper: 25 years on, do we need another such campaign?

April 4, 2012 – 10:02 am

One of the more famous fear-based public health campaigns – the Grim Reaper – is marking a significant anniversary. In the article below, Daniel Reeders, a senior project worker in multicultural HIV, sexual health and viral hepatitis prevention in Melbourne – and blogger – reflects upon the legacy of the campaign over the past 25 [...]

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The GFC and global health: why Australia needs to step up to the plate

December 8, 2011 – 10:48 am

The global financial crisis has hit promising work tackling the neglected diseases that affect the world’s poor, according to a new report. Australia could be doing more to assist, argues Mary Moran, Executive Director of Policy Cures, a not-for-profit which provides analysis and decision-making tools for those involved in creating new pharmaceuticals for neglected diseases. *** [...]

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On our doorstep: the health crisis in PNG

March 14, 2011 – 9:22 am

Just to help put Australia’s health issues into perspective, the national rural health conference kicked off yesterday afternoon with a harrowing presentation about the health crisis in PNG from former independent NSW MP, Dr Peter Macdonald. (Update: you can now watch his presentation here). Macdonald, a GP, described the work of an organisation he founded [...]

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An untold story: how millions of older people in Africa have HIV/AIDS

November 2, 2010 – 8:58 pm

It’s time to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic that is affecting older people in Africa, new research suggests. Public health researcher Joel Negin writes: The United Nations estimates that there are 33 million people worldwide living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) including 22 million in sub-Saharan Africa. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) [...]

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