Pezaro S, et al. Gender-inclusive language in midwifery and perinatal services: A guide and argument for justice. Birth. 2024 Jun 1. Abstract: Effective communication in relation to pregnancy and birth is crucial to quality care. A recent focus in reproductive healthcare on “sexed language” reflects an ideology of unchangeable sex binary and fear of erasure, from both cisgender women and the...
Culturally and Racially Marginalised Women in Leadership: report
Diversity Council of Australia (DCA), 07 Mar 2023 This ground-breaking new report re-examines the state of play for culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) women in leadership, focusing on how the intersections of two key marginalising characteristics – race and gender – are still operating in workplaces to lock CARM women out of leadership. The research, conducted by a team of...
Update: Changes to HIV treatment access for people ineligible for Medicare
NAPWHA, ASHM, AFAO, May 2022 From 1st July, people with HIV who are ineligible for Medicare, and who previously received HIV medication through compassionate access schemes, will be required to transition to alternative access arrangements in order to receive government-funded treatment*. Option 1: individuals will need to engage in care with a public hospital-based physician and have their...
The First National Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Research Strategy 2021-2025
The Australian Government Department of Health, July 2021 The First National Blood Borne Viruses (BBV) and Sexually Transmissible Infections (STI) Research Strategy (the Strategy) will ensure that future funded research activities best align with the priorities of the BBV and STI research agenda and support measurable progress towards the goals and targets of the five National BBV and STI...
Marie Stopes Australia seeks signatories to open letter re changes to telehealth
July 2020 There are changes to Telehealth from Monday, July 20th which mean that clients who have not attended a service within the last 12 months – that is, new clients or clients who have not used a service in the last 12 months – will no longer be eligible for a Telehealth appointment. Marie Stopes Australia has written an open letter about the impact of this change access to...
Striving towards the elimination of HCV infection among PWID
International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 72,Pages 1-198 (October 2019) Nearly 200 pages of open access articles from projects and research around the world. While this special issue highlights some successful efforts towards HCV elimination among people who inject drugs, it also highlights the relative lack of attention to settings in which resources enabling elimination are scarce, and where...