Source: Pamela Cowan, Regina Leader-Post Published on: April 26, 2018 ‘We know that there is an epidemic of HIV — probably one of the largest epidemics there’s been in Saskatchewan in quite some time.’ Tracy Zambory, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, says registered nurses want to use their voices to bring the HIV crisis ... Read More
PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PrEP) – A TABLET YOU TAKE TO PREVENT HIV On 9 February, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) announced PrEP will be subsidised by the Australian Government through the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS). This means that soon HIV-negative people at risk of HIV will be able to get prescriptions from the doctor for ... Read More
Source: National Indigenous Times – 7 February 2018 Wendy Caccetta: reporter@nit.com.au Northern Australia is in the middle of the worst outbreak of syphilis in three decades and it’s having tragic consequences, with the recent death of another baby whose mother was infected with the sexually transmitted bacterial infection. Even if extra medical support crews were ... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Since 2011 a syphilis epidemic has swept across northern Australia, spreading across multiple states and hitting Indigenous communities hard. Figures obtained by NITV News show the rate of infections is rising fast. Now, stretched health services are warning a rise in HIV cases could be the next epidemic to hit the region. By Robert ... Read More
2017 is the 10th Anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Delegates at the 2nd World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Viral Hepatitis, held in Anchorage, Alaska from 8-9 August, seized the opportunity to develop a powerful consensus statement which calls on nation-states and governments to commit to eliminating viral hepatitis among Indigenous ... Read More
News of the tragic death of Dr G. Yunupingu last week in Darwin at only 46 years of age has again highlighted the unacceptable gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. Yunupingu had been living with chronic hepatitis B since early in life, and experienced complications of this condition including liver ... Read More
July 2017 ATSIHAW 2017: 27 November – 1 December ATSIHAW is our week to promote awareness of HIV in our communities. ATSIHAW is celebrating its 4th year, and we are planning a big week of events right across Australia. We would like to thank all of the participating ACCHS and other organisations for making 2016 such a ... Read More
On Saturday, 1 July, the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute launched a new multifaceted community education and awareness program in the fight against syphilis in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The campaign, entitled ‘Young, Deadly, Syphilis Free’, will utilise mediums including two television commercials, social media, local radio and a new ... Read More
New STI data from QLD for 2016 shows increases from 2015 in chlamydia (7%), gonorrhoea (31%) and syphilis (18%). This data is for the whole of the Queensland population – data specifically on diagnoses among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is yet to be released. Some good news is a slight drop in HIV ... Read More
