
Health Equity Matters
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Health Equity Matters (Formerly AFAO) leads Australia’s community response to HIV and contributes to action on HIV/AIDS globally and in Asia and the Pacific.
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In the leadup to #WorldAIDSDay on 1 December, we will be releasing videos of people speaking about HIV & the significance of WAD. Australia’s HIV Partnership is a collaboration between community, clinical & research partners & government: bit.ly/3YZYRMr Mark Butler MP

In the leadup to #WorldAIDSDay on 1 December, we will be releasing videos of people speaking about HIV & the significance of WAD. Australia’s HIV Partnership is a collaboration between community, clinical & research partners & government: bit.ly/3YZYRMr Anne Ruston

Australia’s Minister for Health and Aged Care, Hon Mark Butler MP announces the release of the 9th National HIV Strategy at the World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast. Mark Butler MP #WorldAIDSDay


Australia’s Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator the Hon Anne Ruston speaking at the World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast reaffirming Australia’s multi-partisan approach to tackling HIV. Anne Ruston #WorldAIDSDay




On Thursday we acknowledged #WorldAIDSDay at a Parliamentary Breakfast. Here we welcomed the launch of the 9th National HIV Strategy by Mark Butler MP We thank all who came and exemplified the multi-partisan spirit that has been key to the success of Australia’s HIV response.


Our new member Dash Heath-Paynter of Health Equity Matters met w/ The Global Fund Board Chair, Lady Roslyn, & Senator Penny Wong to highlight commitment from #Australia 🇦🇺 to #EndEpidemics around Asian and Pacific region #MakeAIDSHistory #WorldAIDSDay





In an important step forward, the Albanese Government has released a 10-year action plan to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ communities: bit.ly/3D98scB We thank Ged Kearney for chairing the expert advisory group that guided the formation of the Action Plan.



17 December is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Today we pause and reflect on the violence that has been perpetrated against sex workers, remember and honour those we have lost and acknowledge survivors. Follow Scarlet Alliance for more updates.



Australia has one of the fastest declining rates of HIV transmission in the world. We're now in a 🌎globally unique position to plan for a near future of virtual elimination. In a The Lancet HIV position paper, authors @drtrphillips, Jason Ong et al MSHC Research argue




Under the Australian Government's Partnerships for a Healthy Region initiative, Health Equity Matters is working with the Key Population Advocacy Consortium to support the community-led HIV response in Papua New Guinea ⬇️ bit.ly/44ek3CP Ewen McDonald UNAIDS PNG
