HIV Education Kit
The team at Young Deadly Free has been dedicated to creating informative and engaging resources about HIV (AIDS) in partnership with communities across Australia. Our aim is to provide young mob and their allies with essential knowledge about HIV prevention, testing, and treatment in a relatable and engaging way. By focusing on clear, empowering messaging, we hope to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and inspire positive conversations about sexual health and wellbeing.
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World AIDS Day 2024
World AIDS Day, held on December 1st, is a time for all of us to come together, raise awareness about HIV, and support people living with it. It’s also about remembering those we’ve lost to AIDS-related illnesses and highlighting the importance of getting tested, knowing your status, and staying healthy. By talking openly and sharing knowledge, we can help reduce new infections and break down the stigma around HIV in our communities. This years theme is Collective Action: Sustain and Accelerate HIV Progress.
This World AIDS Day, Young Deadly Free has put together a special HIV education kit to help spread the word about HIV in our communities. It’s packed with easy-to-understand info on how HIV is transmitted, the importance of getting tested, and ways to stay safe and healthy. Let’s use this kit to keep the conversation going, reduce stigma, and make sure our mob has the knowledge they need to protect themselves and others.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV Awareness Week 2024 (ATSIHAW)
HIV Awareness Week is an important annual event that takes place during the first week of December, dedicated to raising awareness about HIV within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Now in its 11th year, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV Awareness Week (ATSIHAW) aims to ensure that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are informed about the risks associated with HIV. The week is designed to promote education, reduce stigma, and encourage safe practices.
ATSIHAW is held in conjunction with World AIDS Day on December 1 and will run from December 2 to 8 in 2024. The week features various events and activities organized by local community-based organizations, all focused on enhancing awareness and understanding of HIV in these communities.
By participating in ATSIHAW, we can help create a more informed and supportive environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with or affected by HIV.
HIV: animation for young mob
PrEP: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
U and Me Can Stop HIV
HIV: Don’t be shame to test First Nations people
We have produced a set of factsheets on HIV (AIDS) and related topics for your use. These factsheets contain simple messages about HIV (AIDS) transmission, prevention, treatment and care.
These factsheets are designed to be accessible to young mob and serve as a valuable resource for educators and clinicians working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.
Feel free to download these factsheets for your use. We can also send USB with copies to your community, please contact us at youngdeadlyfree@uq.edu.au.
If you would like to use Young Deadly Free resources please see our copyright page.
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Factsheet
PrEP: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Factsheet
PEP: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Factsheet
TasP: Treatment as Prevention Factsheet
We have produced a set of infographics on HIV (AIDS) for your use. These infographics contain simple messages about HIV (AIDS) transmission, prevention, treatment and care.
Feel free to download these infographics for your use in social media, posters, presentations and publications. We can also send USB with copies to your community, please contact us at youngdeadlyfree@uq.edu.au.
If you would like to use Young Deadly Free resources please see our copyright page.
We have created a set of PowerPoint slides on HIV (AIDS) in our communities for your use. These slides include data on prevalence, key populations, trends over time, and more.
Feel free to download these slides for your use. We can also send USB with copies to your community, please contact us at youngdeadlyfree@uq.edu.au.
If you would like to use Young Deadly Free resources please see our copyright page.
Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference 2024
Presentation by James Ward
Introduction by Croakey: New data shows an ongoing decline in diagnoses of HIV among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, suggesting that “we are heading in the right path”, a leading researcher told a conference in Sydney this week.
In reviewing the past 40 years of HIV/AIDS in Australia, Professor James Ward, Director of the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and a Pitjantjatjara and Narungga man, paid tribute to “the collective agency, advocacy and leadership” of many fearless community leaders and members, scientists, and political leaders.
Despite some significant remaining challenges, he said it was essential to recognise the progress made in our national efforts to control and eliminate HIV, which could be attributed to courage, creativity, following the science, persistence, flexibility, and risk-taking.
“One thing is certain and that is the collective strength of our communities, they have the power and the voice that can get us through anything, like they have with HIV and like they did with the COVID-19 pandemic,” Ward told an HIV and AIDS conference. His presentation is published in full below.
ATSIHIV
This website provides resources on HIV for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communities and health services across Australia and is also intended to support health professionals and educators, with data on HIV among Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities, key research projects, and links to useful online resources.
Us Mob and HIV
Us Mob and HIV has useful information on HIV and is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It contains information that deals with both men’s and women’s business.
Better to know
A website for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women providing information on STIs, HIV, testing and treatment — in two sections, Men’s Business and Women’s Business. Site users can receive SMS or email reminders to have a sexual health check. The site is also a practical tool for clinical staff and counsellors in Aboriginal health services, sexual health centres and general practice to assist patients in partner notification. Users can use the site to notify recent sexual partners that they may be at risk of having an STI and encourage them to have a sexual health check. The notification can be made anonymously.
Young Deadly Free is a project by the University of Queensland Poche Centre for Indigenous Health (formerly the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute). © UQ POCHE 2024