TV star Erika Heynatz has helped support a landmark cultural project to raise awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with HIV/AIDS. Indigenous people
HIV affects people throughout society, regardless of sex, gender, sexual preference, race or ethnicity. A key aspect of NAPWA's work is advocating on behalf of Indigenous people living with HIV/AIDS.
The NAPWA-auspiced Positive Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Network (PATSIN) is a national membership-based group for Indigenous PLWHAs. It works within Indigenous communities and with government and service providers to represent the interests of Indigenous Australians.
TV star’s gift to Indigenous people with HIV
27 March 2007 - 4:20pm
TV star Erika Heynatz has helped support a landmark cultural project to raise awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with HIV/AIDS. Two songs for healing
16 August 2006 - 12:00pm
We are proud to present the CD Two Songs for Healing, our first fundraising project of awareness, dedicated to all those who have lived, loved and lost loved ones to HIV/AIDS.Indigenous Convenor's Report -- April 2006
30 April 2006 - 3:00pm
Report from the Indigenous Portfolio to the NAPWA Special General Meeting held on 29-30 April 2006.
Adelaide plays host to ‘the bigger picture’
8 December 2005 - 8:09am
Close to 300 people living with HIV/AIDS, their friends, partners, and service providers converged on Adelaide, South Australia for the 2005 NAPWA Conference. One year on: Indigenous network celebrates first birthday
15 April 2004 - 9:00am
!(thumbnail)/files/2004-2-ipn-thumb.jpg( )! It’s a tale of two epidemics. The virus may not discriminate between race, colour or gender, but cultural and economic differences can mean that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — and their communities — experience the HIV epidemic in markedly different ways to other Australians.
HIV/AIDS and Us Mob
1 April 2003 - 6:00am
HIV/AIDS and Us Mob, a new information resource for indigenous people, was launched late last month in Alice Springs by the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), reports MICHAEL COSTELLO.