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The WA AIDS Council (WAAC) has launched a major sexual health online campaign, targeting overseas students destined to study in Perth and elsewhere in Western Australia. The educational digital campaign is aimed at preventing new infections of HIV, and follows on from the most recent figures collected by WAAC which show that there were 67 […]
Tags: David Kernohan, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
26 May 2019 /
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The Perth International Queer Film Festival returns for its third year with another fabulous program of LGBTI+ cinema from around the globe. The fundraising initiative of the WA AIDS Council in collaboration with The Backlot features a selection of feature length and short films that capture a variety of queer experiences. Festival Artistic Director Mark […]
Tags: all male all nude, cinema, Film, i miss you when i see you, Mark Reid, Movie, piqfilmfest, The Backlot, the carmilla movie, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
1 Aug 2018 |
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Recent storm damage saw the WA AIDS Council having to temporarily close the doors of its Murray Street office. Now following some rapid repair work the doors are open again and all the services of organisation are available again. The team at the WA AIDS Council provide a myriad of different services for the LGBTI […]
Tags: WA AIDS Council, WAAC
11 Jun 2018 |
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Game changing HIV preventative treatment PrEP has been recommend for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in a move which is anticipated to make a significant impact on the number of new cases of HIV. The announcement has been welcomed by AIDS organisations around Australia, after the previous attempt to have the medication listed was […]
Tags: AIDS, Daryl O'Donnell, HIV, PrEP, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
10 Feb 2018 |
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Staff and volunteers from the WA AIDS Council were out in force in central Perth this morning highlighting that it’s World AIDS Day. City commuters were encouraged to buy a red ribbon to mark awareness about HIV, while a stand in Forrest Place provided the latest information about HIV. in the lead up to World […]
Tags: Health, HIV, Perth, self testing, WA AIDS Council, WAAC, World AIDS Day
1 Dec 2017 |
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Pride WA’s biggest ever procession through the streets of Northbridge lit up a new route over the weekend, celebrating the west coast’s LGBTIQ+ community. 84 fabulous floats moved up Beaufort, Francis, Lake, James and William streets on Saturday evening, as thousands of onlookers and supporters cheered and applauded. This year was full of firsts, not […]
Tags: Mark McGowan, Northbridge, Pride, Pride Parade, Pride WA, proud, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
28 Nov 2017 |
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The state government have launched Western Australia’s first pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) trial this week. The trial, entitled PrEPIT WA, will enable up to 2,000 people at risk of HIV to obtain PrEP free of charge from four local clinics; The M Clinic, GP on Beaufort, Royal Perth Hospital Sexual Health Clinic and Fremantle Hospital’s South […]
Tags: AIDS, fremantle hospital, gp on beaufort, Health, HIV, M Clinic, PrEP, PrEPIT WA, Roger Cook, royal perth hospital, sexual health, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
21 Nov 2017 |
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The new CEO of the Western Australian AIDS Council has weighed in on the marriage debate, sharing from his personal experience as a gay man growing up in the 1970’s. David Kernohan, formerly of the Mental Health Law Centre, has released a statement comparing today’s debate over same sex marriage to a time when Australia […]
Tags: David Kernohan, decriminalisation, Homosexuality, Marriage, mental health law centre, postal survey, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
29 Sep 2017 |
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Deputy Premier Roger Cook has today announced the McGowan Government will increase support for mental health services that support the LGBTI+ community ahead of the federal government’s postal survey on marriage equality. The Minister for Health and Mental Health revealed in a press release that his department cannot ignore the effect of the postal survey […]
Tags: funding, Health, Living Proud, living proud wa, Mark McGowan, Mental Health, Roger Cook, WA AIDS Council, WA Labor, WAAC
27 Aug 2017 |
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The Western Australian AIDS Council say they are disappointed that the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee’s (PBAC) has decided to defer the decision on whether to list Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Negotiation between the PBAC and the manufacturers of the drug Tenofovir which is used in PrEP treatment appear to have […]
Tags: AIDS, gay, Health, HIV, PBAC, PBS, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, PrEP, Tenofovir, Truvada, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
23 Aug 2017 |
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