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UNAIDS congratulates Australia on newly announced plans to invest AUD 620 million over the next five years for health programmes across the Pacific and south-east Asia. The investment is part of a new initiative called Partnerships for a Healthy Region, which will include measures to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
A satellite event on 21 July at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, explored how public–private partnerships are leveraged in the response to HIV in Papua New Guinea. The event highlighted in particular the role of the private sector in building innovative partnerships that form the foundation for successful public health interventions.
HIV treated as other chronic conditions in immigration health assessment. UNAIDS welcomes confirmation from the Government of Australia that people living with HIV do not face an automatic exclusion, or unequal treatment when applying for entry, stay or residence visas. People living with HIV are treated similarly to other people with chronic health conditions and disabilities during the country’s immigration health assessment process. Applications for visas from people living with HIV will… Read More
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