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Deadly Liver Mob: Engaging Aboriginal people in viral hepatitis, HIV and sexual health services (Website & Webinar)

In Aboriginal Health, Hepatitis, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, August 2021 Deadly Liver Mob program is an incentivised, peer-led program that offers education and screening for hepatitis C, hepatitis B and STIs for Aboriginal people. The primary purpose of the Deadly Liver Mob program is to provide hepatitis C virus education and referral to blood borne virus and sexually transmissible infections screening and...

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Can hepatitis C be transmitted to a foetus?

By J Pope

In Hepatitis, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health

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Medical News Today, Medically reviewed by Carolyn Kay M.D. & Written by Zia Sherrell MPH, May 13, 2021 The hepatitis C virus (HCV) can transmit to a fetus during pregnancy, but the risk of this happening is low. And if the transmission occurs, the baby’s immune system may clear the virus on its own. If the baby’s immune system does not clear the virus, there are safe and effective treatments...

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Agenda 2025: Ending HIV transmission in Australia in four years

By J Pope

In HIV

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Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), 17th June 2021 Agenda 2025 is a fully costed plan which draws upon evidence based research and is backed by top researchers, leaders, and clinicians in Australia’s community-led HIV response. Australia can end HIV transmission within four short years, averting over 6,000 infections by 2030 and saving $1.4 billion in health costs, according to a...

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Respect Me + You, Is Your Syphilis Check Up Due? (New Campaign)

By J Pope

In Aboriginal Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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May 2021 The Respect Me + You, Is Your Syphilis Check Up Due? Campaign has now launched! This campaign was originally conceived by Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia (AHCSA), and was adapted as a collaboration with SHINE SA in 2020. The campaign is a response to the rise in syphilis infections in South Australia which has been particularly devastating for Aboriginal communities. It is a...

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New digital factsheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

By J Pope

In Aboriginal Health, HIV

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Anwernekenhe National HIV Alliance (ANA) and ‘Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), June 2021 The Anwernekenhe National HIV Alliance (ANA) and AFAO are very excited to bring you these new digital factsheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities on PrEP, PEP, treatment as prevention, and HIV testing. Representatives from ANA and our other member organisations...

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Statement of Support for Decriminalisation of Sex Work

By J Pope

In Crime and law, Sex Work, SHINE SA news & events

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SHINE SA, June 1st 2021 SHINE SA supports the decriminalisation of sex work.* In 2018 a global systematic review led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found that any criminalisation/repressive policing of sex workers, their clients and/or sex work: increased risk of condomless sex, increased risk of infection of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), disrupted...

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