Why are we still lighting candles for people who died of AIDS? Globally UNAIDS reported in July 2019 that approximately 1.7 million acquired HIV and approximately 800,000 people died of AIDS in 2018. Our response to COVID-19 makes sense because we know what happens when we choose not to care and ignore public health threats, […]
Tags: AIDS, AIDS candlelight memorial, HIV, PLHIV, POWA, Sister's of Perpetual Indulgence, WA AIDS Council
11 May 2020 /
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The WA AIDS Council (WAAC) has waived its fees on remote counselling services, improving access to mental health services for LGBTIQ+ folks in a COVID-19 world. WAAC has also launched an online campaign in conjuction with this initiative, targeting LGBTIQ+ people in rural WA, and raising awareness of their counselling services for people living with […]
Tags: counselling, HIV, Lisa Dobrin, Mental Health, PLHIV, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
1 May 2020 |
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“In the last 10 years, we’ve known we’re not dying. Does the community know we’re not dying?” As World AIDS Day was marked around the world for another year, the LGBTI and wider communities are called to look at the great strides and great losses the world has seen with regards to HIV and AIDS. […]
Tags: AIDS, education, Health, HIV, NAPWHA, PLHIV, stigma
22 Dec 2016 |
Filed under Health & Wellbeing,Life |
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