March 7 2019 SHINE SA The shigella outbreak is continuing in South Australia. This is to advise clinicians to be on alert for a potential increase in shigella cases, and to highlight updated recommendations on treatment as released by the Communicable Disease Control Branch (CDCB). The outbreak is predominantly in men who have sex with ... Read More
By Hannah Ritchie Oxford Martin School 6 March 2019 Around the world, people are living longer. In 1950, global average life expectancy at birth was only 46. By 2015, it had shot up to over 71. In some countries, progress has not always been smooth. Disease, epidemics and unexpected events are a reminder that ever-longer ... Read More
5 MARCH 2019 Anne Gulland, global health security correspondent and Sarah Newey The news that a man in London has potentially been “cured” of HIV through a stem cell transplant shows how far the world has come since Aids first burst into global consciousness in the 1980s. HIV is thought to have originated in the 1920s in ... Read More
March 6, 2019 by J Pope Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University & Lifeline Australia, February 2019 This research report presents findings of lesbian (L), gay (G), bisexual (B), transgender (T), intersex people (I), and other sexual identity and gender diverse individuals (+) use of crisis support services (CSS) in Australia. This ... Read More
1st March 2019 The Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) To mark Zero Discrimination Day, today ASHM has launched Removing Barriers, a new online learning tool for addressing stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings against people affected by HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. The Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) received funding from ... Read More
JORDAN HIRST 28 FEB 2019 A contingent of First Nations people will again lead the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade this weekend, highlighting their proud Indigenous history and ongoing fight for equality. In line with Mardi Gras’s 2019 theme of “Fearless”, the float will be incorporate themes of Visibility, Blak Fearlessness, Resistance and the overarching message “Always ... Read More
Kane van Diermen March 1, 2019 When I thought about my experience being a queer blackfulla, I thought to myself, “what experience”? Surely my life is just like any other person’s life? I am just a run of the mill guy that is trying to do life. While there is ... Read More
Tom McIlroy Feb 28, 2019 After 16 national reviews in 35 years, the road map for improving the healthcare system is well known and government should get to work implementing necessary structural reforms. That’s the blunt message from think tank the Australian Health Policy Collaboration, which says experts keep agreeing with each other that the system ... Read More
An additional 72 Local Drug Action Teams (LDATs) will be rolled out across the nation to tackle the harm caused by drugs and alcohol misuse on individuals and families. Speaking at the Wellington LDAT site in Sale, Victoria, the Minister for Regional Services, Senator Bridget McKenzie today congratulated the local ... Read More
FEBRUARY 24 2019 An alarming and unneccesary number of late-term diagnoses stands in the way of Australia eliminating transmission of HIV, according to a leading researcher. Key points: More than a third of HIV diagnoses in Australia in 2017 were classed as late A leading researcher and people with HIV are concerned about the trend ... Read More
