HIV sector

ASHM Conference 2010 now on in Sydney

Graham Stocks — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:02:28 -0700

The Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference 2010 (22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine) is now on in Sydney, Again it is running back-to-back with the 2010 Australasian Sexual Health Conference with a full day of overlap on Wednesday 20 October 2010.

Inaugural World AIDS Day Dinner benefit to be held in Sydney, December 1 2010

Graham Stocks — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:13:13 -0700

On December 1, 2010 the first World AIDS Day Dinner (WADD) charity dinner will take place at Sydney, Australia’s Royal Randwick Race Course. A glamorous evening affair, the charity dinner will largely benefit Australia’s longest-running HIV charity, The Bobby Goldsmith Foundation with a portion of the proceeds from the live auction going to St. Vincent’s Hospital Patient Support Fund.

The gift of the Gabe

Graham Stocks — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:55:25 -0700

Katherine Leane's warm tribute to Gabe McCarthy who passed away on 30th June this year.

Positive Living Centres: do we still need them?

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:17:55 -0700

Mostly established at a time when positive people faced isolation and stigma and urgently needed social support, the role of Positive Living is now being questioned. David Menadue investigates.

NAPWA Positive Women endorse new Terms of reference (TOR)

Scott Lockhart — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:41:07 -0800

NAPWA positve women have recently endorsed new Terms of reference for the advisory group.

On the shoulders of giants

Paul Kidd — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:08:09 -0700

The annual conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHMAustralasian Society for HIV Medicine. The peak Australasian organisation representing the medical and health sector in HIV/AIDS and related areas. ) was held in Hobart, Tasmania, from 24-27 August.

Relative merit: keeping the HIV research program real

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:41:39 -0700

A paper presented at the 2005 ASHMAustralasian Society for HIV Medicine. The peak Australasian organisation representing the medical and health sector in HIV/AIDS and related areas. Conference by NAPWA's HIV Health Policy Analyst, Kirsty Machon.

The National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Opportunities for the HIV-positive community?

David Menadue — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:01:00 -0700

The 5th National HIV/AIDS strategy document — launched by health minister Tony Abbott in Sydney on June 23 — has some opportunities in it for HIV-positive people and their organisations to work at improving services and initiatives, particularly in the treatments care and support areas.

New broom: Michael Wooldridge to head federal AIDS body

Paul Kidd — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 07:00:25 -0700

HIV community organisations have cautiously welcomed the appointment of Dr Michael Wooldridge to head a new national HIV/AIDS advisory committee. But there are concerns about the government’s response to a long-awaited review of the national HIV and hepatitis C strategies.