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- True or Gammon – Answering Your Burning Questions About STI’s? Northern Territory and Queensland mob, got burning questions about Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs)? Then check out the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care new STI resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – True or Gammon. It can be hard to get mob to yarn about STIs. The True or Gammon campaign aims… Read more: True or Gammon – Answering Your Burning Questions About STI’s?
- UQ News – NEW Young Deadly Free VideosThe University of Queensland (UQ) Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Young Deadly Free team of researchers have worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to make a series of nine videos to address stigma and misinformation about sexually transmissible infections (STIs). The UQ Poche Centre has also partnered with HERO condoms to increase… Read more: UQ News – NEW Young Deadly Free Videos
- NEW Young Deadly Free Video Suite ReleaseWe’re thrilled to announce the launch of our latest suite of Young Deadly Free videos! Young Deadly Free is an ongoing project aiming to improve education and health literacy regarding sexual health and healthy relationships for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nationally. Over the last year the team at Young Deadly Free has been busy… Read more: NEW Young Deadly Free Video Suite Release
- NEW Queensland Syphilis Action Plan 2023-2028In response to the syphilis notifications in Queensland increasing 7-fold from 2001 to 2022, on February 14, 2024, the Hon Shannon Fentiman, Minister for Health, Mental Health, and Ambulance Services, as well as Minister for Women, unveiled the Queensland Syphilis Action Plan 2023–2028. This five-year initiative by the government aims to eradicate syphilis by 2028.… Read more: NEW Queensland Syphilis Action Plan 2023-2028
- World AIDS Day: How science has turned HIV into a treatable, preventable conditionSource: ABC News, Jeremy Fernandez, 1 December 2021 In just half a lifetime, modern science has turned HIV, one of the most fearsome diseases in human history, into a treatable, preventable condition. It’s a medical marvel that HIV-positive Ruan Uys is reminded of every day. “I wouldn’t be here popping just one pill a day… Read more: World AIDS Day: How science has turned HIV into a treatable, preventable condition