This Report Card provides an overview of national momentum on HIV and mobility, highlighting areas with strong momentum and areas that are limited. This presentation was given at the AFAO Community Hub at the ASHM 2015 conference.

1. Community of Practice
for Action on HIV and
Mobility
Launch of the Interim Report Card
Presented by Dr Roanna Lobo
Curtin University
17th of September 2015

2. HIV and Mobility in Australia: A Road Map for
Action
• In the last decade, HIV diagnoses in Australia
have increased amongst people travelling to
and from high HIV prevalence countries
• The 7th National HIV Strategy acknowledges
mobile populations as priority populations for
action in Australia.
The Road Map proposes 71 strategies under 5 Action
Areas
1. International Leadership and Global Health
Governance
2. Commonwealth and State Leadership
3. Community Mobilisation
4. Development of Services for Mobile or Migrant
People and Groups
5. Research, Surveillance and Evaluation.

3. Community of Practice for Action on HIV and
Mobility (CoPAHM)
An alliance of over 60 members taking action to address HIV and Mobility
• Commonwealth/state
government health departments
• Community HIV organisations
• HIV/AIDS peak organisations
• Research institutions
• Commonwealth/state migrant
organisations
• Migrant health organisations
• Sex work and drug user peak
organisations
• Sexual health clinics
• Universities
• Community leaders/religious
leaders
• Multicultural groups
• ….

4. • This Report Card provides an overview
of national momentum on HIV and
mobility, highlighting areas with strong
momentum and areas that are limited.
• Audit conducted with CoPAHM
members between March – July 2015.
• Strategies labelled ‘urgently’, ‘ASAP’ and
‘2015’.
• May not be fully representative, given
the dynamic nature of building
momentum.
Interim Report Card
In total we received:
• 24 responses from
stakeholders
• 90 activities listed

5. Understanding the Interim Report Card

6. Understanding the Interim Report Card

7. • Andrew Burry, CEO, WA AIDS Council;
• Danny Gallant, Manager, Sexually Transmissible Infection
and Blood Borne Virus Section, Communicable Disease
Control Branch, Department for Health and Ageing,
Government of South Australia;
• Graham Brown, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research
Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University;
• Linda Forbes, Manager, Policy and Communications,
Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO).
Speakers

8. Many individuals contributed to the development of this report card. In
particular, we would like to thank Roanna Lobo, Gemma Crawford, Corie
Gray, Graham Brown, Lisa Bastian, Linda Forbes, Rob Lake, Danny Gallant
and Sue Laing for their valuable time, insights and input to this
development.
Thank you also to the organisations that contributed their activities to the
mapping audit which informed this Report Card: AIDS Action Council of the ACT;
Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO); Burnet Institute; Ethnic
Communities Council Queensland; Flinders University; HIV Foundation
Queensland; Kirby Institute; La Trobe University; Midwest WA Public Health Unit;
Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service; North Richmond Community Health
Limited; Northern Territory AIDS & Hepatitis Council; Northern Territory
Department of Health; Relationships Australia (SA); Scarlet Alliance; SHine SA;
South Australia Health; Tasmanian Council on AIDS; Hepatitis and Related
Diseases; Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services; Victorian AIDS
Council; University of New South Wales; Western Australian AIDS Council; and
Western Australian Department of Health.
Acknowledgments

9. For further information, do not hesitate to contact CoPAHM at
copahm@curtin.edu.au
Follow us on twitter at @CoPAHM or get involved using the
hashtag #HIVMobile
To download a copy of this Report Card or a copy of the Road
Map please visit our website. Additionally, for further
information about CoPAHM or to join please visit
http://siren.org.au/hivandmobility-1/community-of-practice/
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