Understand the barriers

When people exper­i­ence stigma and dis­crim­in­a­tion, they are less likely to seek health care which delays dia­gnos­is and treat­ment or they don’t return to health care for fol­low up and mon­it­or­ing.

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Systemic barriers, stigma and discrimination preventing people living with viral hepatitis or HIV accessing care

Novem­ber 16, 2016Aus­tralia enjoys inter­na­tion­al acclaim for its revolu­tion­ary response to HIV, and most recently, hep­at­it­is C. And rightly so. Not only are we the only coun­try in the world to offer uni­ver­sal access to new, highly effect­ive hep­at­it­is C cures, but our will­ing­ness to embrace.
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Talking Public Health: Ensuring “No One” Left Behind

Novem­ber 16, 2016People work­ing in the Sexu­al Health + HIV-sec­tor with Aus­trali­an rur­al and remote com­munit­ies urged to join del­eg­a­tions in Adelaide Octo­ber 2016:  People work­ing in the Sexu­al Health + HIV-sec­tor with Aus­trali­an rur­al and remote com­munit­ies are encour­aged to join two excit­ing del­eg­a­tions, in the final lead up to.
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Sex in A New Era: Experts call for ‘rethink’ as technology transforms the sexual health of the Nation

Novem­ber 16, 2016They are meet­ing for the 2016 Aus­tralasi­an Sexu­al Health Con­fer­ence, run back-to-back with the Aus­tralasi­an HIV & AIDS Con­fer­ence, from Novem­ber 14–18. “These are excit­ing times for those of us work­ing in this sec­tor. We need to look at what the new research is.
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Documents and Publications

Systemic barriers, stigma and discrimination preventing people living with viral hepatitis or HIV accessing care

Novem­ber 16, 2016Aus­tralia enjoys inter­na­tion­al acclaim for its revolu­tion­ary response to HIV, and most recently, hep­at­it­is C. And rightly so. Not only are we the only coun­try in the world to offer uni­ver­sal access to new, highly effect­ive hep­at­it­is C cures, but our will­ing­ness to embrace.
Read more

Talking Public Health: Ensuring “No One” Left Behind

Novem­ber 16, 2016People work­ing in the Sexu­al Health + HIV-sec­tor with Aus­trali­an rur­al and remote com­munit­ies urged to join del­eg­a­tions in Adelaide Octo­ber 2016:  People work­ing in the Sexu­al Health + HIV-sec­tor with Aus­trali­an rur­al and remote com­munit­ies are encour­aged to join two excit­ing del­eg­a­tions, in the final lead up to.
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Sex in A New Era: Experts call for ‘rethink’ as technology transforms the sexual health of the Nation

Novem­ber 16, 2016They are meet­ing for the 2016 Aus­tralasi­an Sexu­al Health Con­fer­ence, run back-to-back with the Aus­tralasi­an HIV & AIDS Con­fer­ence, from Novem­ber 14–18. “These are excit­ing times for those of us work­ing in this sec­tor. We need to look at what the new research is.
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Stigma Indicators Monitoring
Project: Summary Report

UNSW
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Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project:
People living with hepatitis C

UNSW
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Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project:
Health workers

UNSW
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Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project:
People living with HIV

UNSW
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Data completeness, stigma and discrimination: proposed activities for ASHM: Removing Barriers

Kirsty Machon, ASHM
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Poor access to pharmacotherapy will jeopardise eliminating hepatitis C in Australia

Pen­ing­ton Insti­tute
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Shared planning towards common
goals: Workshop Outcomes Report

AHHA
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Addressing Systemic Barriers, Stigma and Discrimination Surrounding HIV and Viral Hepatitis: Averting Late Diagnoses and Disease Progression

ASHM
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