An overview of the issues related to the criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission in Australia.
This presentation was given by Sally Cameron, HIV Education and Health Promotion Officer with AFAO, at the AFAO National HIV Forum, 17 October 2014.
A presentation from Birmingham Director of Public Health, Dr Adrian Phillips, to UK Public Health Register event on 25 April 2014 looking at major public health issues in Birmingham.
An overview of policy issues related to Criminal prosecutions involving HIV transmission by Darryl O'Donnell, NSW Health. This presentation was given at AFAO's May 2009 General Meeting.
The general population HIV prevalence stands at 5.1%(THMIS 2011/12) down from 18% in 1990.
HIV and STIs prevalence are also high among KP's, HIV is 31.4% while other STI has an average of 26% prevalence.
The number of KP's is not known, although there are fledgling groups of KP's which have started advocating for the Right to Health of KP's including protection against HIV infection, care and treatment to PLHIV KP's.
Geoff Honnor (ACON) redefines wellness in an evolving HIV epidemic, as well as discussing the context of the UN Goals for reducing HIV transmission 2010-2015 and the ACON response.
This presentation was given at the AFAO Positive Services Forum 2012.
A presentation from Birmingham Director of Public Health, Dr Adrian Phillips, to UK Public Health Register event on 25 April 2014 looking at major public health issues in Birmingham.
An overview of policy issues related to Criminal prosecutions involving HIV transmission by Darryl O'Donnell, NSW Health. This presentation was given at AFAO's May 2009 General Meeting.
The general population HIV prevalence stands at 5.1%(THMIS 2011/12) down from 18% in 1990.
HIV and STIs prevalence are also high among KP's, HIV is 31.4% while other STI has an average of 26% prevalence.
The number of KP's is not known, although there are fledgling groups of KP's which have started advocating for the Right to Health of KP's including protection against HIV infection, care and treatment to PLHIV KP's.
Geoff Honnor (ACON) redefines wellness in an evolving HIV epidemic, as well as discussing the context of the UN Goals for reducing HIV transmission 2010-2015 and the ACON response.
This presentation was given at the AFAO Positive Services Forum 2012.
APCRSHR10 Virtual plenary presentation of Eamonn Murphy, Regional Director of...CNS www.citizen-news.org
This is the plenary presentation of Mr Eamonn Murphy, Regional Director, UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific, on "Solidarity and Accountability: HIV, SRHR and the COVID response”, which was made as part of the 12th session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (#APCRSHR10) Virtual. This session was held in lead up to #WorldAIDSDay and #16DaysofActivism against sexual and other forms of gender-based violence, on the theme of "HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
Chair: Jennifer Butler, Director, UNFPA Pacific Sub Regional office based in Fiji
Plenary Speaker: Eamonn Murphy, Regional Director, UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific | “Solidarity and Accountability: HIV, SRHR and the COVID response”
Abstract Presenters:
-------------------------
* Jude Tayaben | Successes, Pitfalls, and Moving Forward: Adivayan Youth Health Center- A school-based program addressing Adolescent Sexuality, and Reproductive Health Issues in Benguet, Philippines
* Samreen, Manisha Dhakal | Integrating transgender health into HIV and SRHR programming in Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam
* Harjyot Khosa | Stigma, sex work and non-disclosure to health care providers: Exploring dynamics of anal sex through community led monitoring to bridge gaps in HIV care continuum services
* Angela Kelly Hanku, Agnes K. Mek | I can, I want, I will and Young & Positive: Two visual method projects with young women living with HIV in Papua New Guinea
For more information on the session, please visit
www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual12
Official conference website: www.apcrshr10cambodia.org
Thanks
Presentation by Andrew Forsyth, originally given at the HHS Region III Regional Resource Forum in Wilmington, Delaware in August 2015. Presented to the Philadelphia Ryan White Part A Planning Council in September.
NACP (National AIDS Control Programme) launched on February 12 ,2014. The Objectives was:
- Reduce new infections by 50% (2007 Baseline of NACP III)
- Comprehensive care, support and treatment to all persons living with HIV/AIDS
The slides contain a brief review of NACP 1 through 4.
Key achievements and challenges of NACP Phase 4 have been mentioned. Further, Key strategies of national strategic plan for elimination of HIV/AIDS 2017-2024 has been discussed.
Joy Mukaire of the Christian Health Association of Sudan discusses the organization's approach to encouraging HIV testing in the Western Equatoria and Lakes States of South Sudan.
Mobilizing Domestic Financial Resources for HIV/AIDS - State Level Experience...HFG Project
Authors: Olalekan Obademi, John Osika, Abimbola Kola-Jebutu, Busi Langa, Irene Aniyom
Poster presented at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 28-December 4, 2015.
This is the Abstract Presentation of Zahra Fathi Geshnigani which took place as part of Sixth session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 31st August 2020, on the theme of "Innovative financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
SESSION CHAIR
Dr Ashish Bajracharya
Population Council's Deputy Director for global country strategy and regional representative for South and East Asia
PLENARY SPEAKER
Quazi AKM Mohiul Islam
former Director General, Directorate General of Family Planning, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
"COVID-19 and SRHR issues in Bangladesh"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Loida Almendares
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Context of Socioeconomic Development and Equity Sustainable and innovative financing to ensure SRHR access to all, with "Public-Private Partnership Bridge Funding"
* Dr Moazzam Ali
Are family planning vouchers effective in increasing use, improving equity and reaching the underserved? An evaluation of a voucher program in Pakistan
* Prof Angela Dawson
Launch of the Asia Pacific Consortium for Emergency Contraception (APCEC)
* Zahra Fathi Geshnigani
Investing for health, advocating on prioritizing resource mobilization and allocation for treatment of Sexual transmitted infections; sensitizing stakeholders and policy maker for supporting the HCV treatment for vulnerable groups in Iran
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual6
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs
APCRSHR10 Virtual Abstract Presentation of Prof Angela Dawson (Launch of the ...CNS www.citizen-news.org
This is the Abstract Presentation of Professor Angela Dawson, which took place as part of Sixth session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 31st August 2020, on the theme of "Innovative financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
SESSION CHAIR
Dr Ashish Bajracharya
Population Council's Deputy Director for global country strategy and regional representative for South and East Asia
PLENARY SPEAKER
Quazi AKM Mohiul Islam
former Director General, Directorate General of Family Planning, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
"COVID-19 and SRHR issues in Bangladesh"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Loida Almendares
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Context of Socioeconomic Development and Equity Sustainable and innovative financing to ensure SRHR access to all, with "Public-Private Partnership Bridge Funding"
* Dr Moazzam Ali
Are family planning vouchers effective in increasing use, improving equity and reaching the underserved? An evaluation of a voucher program in Pakistan
* Prof Angela Dawson
Launch of the Asia Pacific Consortium for Emergency Contraception (APCEC)
* Zahra Fathi Geshnigani
Investing for health, advocating on prioritizing resource mobilization and allocation for treatment of Sexual transmitted infections; sensitizing stakeholders and policy maker for supporting the HCV treatment for vulnerable groups in Iran
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual6
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs
APCRSHR10 Virtual plenary presentation of Eamonn Murphy, Regional Director of...CNS www.citizen-news.org
This is the plenary presentation of Mr Eamonn Murphy, Regional Director, UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific, on "Solidarity and Accountability: HIV, SRHR and the COVID response”, which was made as part of the 12th session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (#APCRSHR10) Virtual. This session was held in lead up to #WorldAIDSDay and #16DaysofActivism against sexual and other forms of gender-based violence, on the theme of "HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
Chair: Jennifer Butler, Director, UNFPA Pacific Sub Regional office based in Fiji
Plenary Speaker: Eamonn Murphy, Regional Director, UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific | “Solidarity and Accountability: HIV, SRHR and the COVID response”
Abstract Presenters:
-------------------------
* Jude Tayaben | Successes, Pitfalls, and Moving Forward: Adivayan Youth Health Center- A school-based program addressing Adolescent Sexuality, and Reproductive Health Issues in Benguet, Philippines
* Samreen, Manisha Dhakal | Integrating transgender health into HIV and SRHR programming in Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam
* Harjyot Khosa | Stigma, sex work and non-disclosure to health care providers: Exploring dynamics of anal sex through community led monitoring to bridge gaps in HIV care continuum services
* Angela Kelly Hanku, Agnes K. Mek | I can, I want, I will and Young & Positive: Two visual method projects with young women living with HIV in Papua New Guinea
For more information on the session, please visit
www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual12
Official conference website: www.apcrshr10cambodia.org
Thanks
Presentation by Andrew Forsyth, originally given at the HHS Region III Regional Resource Forum in Wilmington, Delaware in August 2015. Presented to the Philadelphia Ryan White Part A Planning Council in September.
NACP (National AIDS Control Programme) launched on February 12 ,2014. The Objectives was:
- Reduce new infections by 50% (2007 Baseline of NACP III)
- Comprehensive care, support and treatment to all persons living with HIV/AIDS
The slides contain a brief review of NACP 1 through 4.
Key achievements and challenges of NACP Phase 4 have been mentioned. Further, Key strategies of national strategic plan for elimination of HIV/AIDS 2017-2024 has been discussed.
Joy Mukaire of the Christian Health Association of Sudan discusses the organization's approach to encouraging HIV testing in the Western Equatoria and Lakes States of South Sudan.
Mobilizing Domestic Financial Resources for HIV/AIDS - State Level Experience...HFG Project
Authors: Olalekan Obademi, John Osika, Abimbola Kola-Jebutu, Busi Langa, Irene Aniyom
Poster presented at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 28-December 4, 2015.
This is the Abstract Presentation of Zahra Fathi Geshnigani which took place as part of Sixth session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 31st August 2020, on the theme of "Innovative financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
SESSION CHAIR
Dr Ashish Bajracharya
Population Council's Deputy Director for global country strategy and regional representative for South and East Asia
PLENARY SPEAKER
Quazi AKM Mohiul Islam
former Director General, Directorate General of Family Planning, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
"COVID-19 and SRHR issues in Bangladesh"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Loida Almendares
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Context of Socioeconomic Development and Equity Sustainable and innovative financing to ensure SRHR access to all, with "Public-Private Partnership Bridge Funding"
* Dr Moazzam Ali
Are family planning vouchers effective in increasing use, improving equity and reaching the underserved? An evaluation of a voucher program in Pakistan
* Prof Angela Dawson
Launch of the Asia Pacific Consortium for Emergency Contraception (APCEC)
* Zahra Fathi Geshnigani
Investing for health, advocating on prioritizing resource mobilization and allocation for treatment of Sexual transmitted infections; sensitizing stakeholders and policy maker for supporting the HCV treatment for vulnerable groups in Iran
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual6
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs
APCRSHR10 Virtual Abstract Presentation of Prof Angela Dawson (Launch of the ...CNS www.citizen-news.org
This is the Abstract Presentation of Professor Angela Dawson, which took place as part of Sixth session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 31st August 2020, on the theme of "Innovative financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
SESSION CHAIR
Dr Ashish Bajracharya
Population Council's Deputy Director for global country strategy and regional representative for South and East Asia
PLENARY SPEAKER
Quazi AKM Mohiul Islam
former Director General, Directorate General of Family Planning, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
"COVID-19 and SRHR issues in Bangladesh"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Loida Almendares
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Context of Socioeconomic Development and Equity Sustainable and innovative financing to ensure SRHR access to all, with "Public-Private Partnership Bridge Funding"
* Dr Moazzam Ali
Are family planning vouchers effective in increasing use, improving equity and reaching the underserved? An evaluation of a voucher program in Pakistan
* Prof Angela Dawson
Launch of the Asia Pacific Consortium for Emergency Contraception (APCEC)
* Zahra Fathi Geshnigani
Investing for health, advocating on prioritizing resource mobilization and allocation for treatment of Sexual transmitted infections; sensitizing stakeholders and policy maker for supporting the HCV treatment for vulnerable groups in Iran
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual6
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs
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Statement on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United StatesDana Asbury
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States: Updated to 2020 (“NHAS 2020”) is a critically important and compelling review of the status of our nation’s response to the HIV epidemic in America and an action plan for the continuing fight.
Where's the hope? Dialogues for Solidarity - Session 4ReShape
This session explored current work experiences in HIV care from a specialist point of view and looked at how current conditions impacted related care providers. Reflecting on the changing nature of HIV care and the changing needs of people living with HIV, the session examined the policy implications of a fragmented system and the patients' perspective on HIV care.
The Care Providers session was expected to lay the groundwork for a future session on the failing Health Economy as a leading issue.
Human rights watch scpg presentation 11.10.11mellarocomolter
This is a presentation I made to the NC Statewide Community Planning Group, HIV Group. The Human Rights Watch performed a study entitled "We Know What to Do: Harm Reduction and Human Rights in North Carolina."
05-09 STATEMENT OF POLICY Syringe Services Progra.docxsmithhedwards48727
05-09
STATEMENT OF POLICY
Syringe Services Programs
Policy
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) supports a comprehensive, evidence-
based approach to syringe services programs, also known as syringe or needle exchange programs, in order to
support the health of people who inject drugs and to curb transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis, and other blood-
borne diseases. NACCHO urges state and local policy makers to do the following:
• Support syringe services program development and operation in accordance with the peer-reviewed
evidence base, best practices, and local health department and other expert recommendations;
• Remove legal barriers to accessing and safely disposing sterile needles, syringes, and other injecting
equipment;
• Modify state and local statutes to permit over-the-counter pharmacy sales and purchase of syringes;
• Revise paraphernalia laws to decriminalize syringe possession;
• Increase the availability of drug treatment and overdose prevention, including Medication-Assisted
Treatment and naloxone training and distribution;
• Ensure education of law enforcement, criminal justice personnel, health department staff, healthcare
providers, pharmacists, and other relevant professional and community partners regarding the benefit of
syringe services programs, as well as other harm reduction strategies, and relevant laws, policies, and
processes; and
• Assure adequate resources to support health department surveillance, program planning, and program
evaluation capacity to assess disease and risk behavior trends and the impact of syringe services
programs, as well as other disease prevention and health promotion interventions for persons who inject
drugs, on local health outcomes.
Furthermore, NACCHO urges Congress to remove the ban on the use of federal funds to support syringe
services programs.
Justification
Injection drug use is a major route of transmission for HIV, viral hepatitis, and other blood-borne pathogens.
Over the past 25 years, syringe services programs have proven to be highly effective at reducing HIV
transmission among people who inject drugs and are an essential strategy to prevent hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection. In addition to providing sterile syringes and other injecting equipment, many syringe service
programs also provide medical and social services, including HIV and viral hepatitis testing, overdose
prevention training, referrals to social services and housing, and linkages to medical care, mental health care,
and substance use treatment, to individuals who are not often served by traditional healthcare providers.1
2
In the United States, HIV incidence among people who inject drugs declined by approximately 80% from 1988
to 2006 following the adoption of syringe service programs in a number of states.2 Despite that overall decline,
people who inject drugs continue to represent a substantial proportion .
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05-09
STATEMENT OF POLICY
Syringe Services Programs
Policy
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) supports a comprehensive, evidence-
based approach to syringe services programs, also known as syringe or needle exchange programs, in order to
support the health of people who inject drugs and to curb transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis, and other blood-
borne diseases. NACCHO urges state and local policy makers to do the following:
• Support syringe services program development and operation in accordance with the peer-reviewed
evidence base, best practices, and local health department and other expert recommendations;
• Remove legal barriers to accessing and safely disposing sterile needles, syringes, and other injecting
equipment;
• Modify state and local statutes to permit over-the-counter pharmacy sales and purchase of syringes;
• Revise paraphernalia laws to decriminalize syringe possession;
• Increase the availability of drug treatment and overdose prevention, including Medication-Assisted
Treatment and naloxone training and distribution;
• Ensure education of law enforcement, criminal justice personnel, health department staff, healthcare
providers, pharmacists, and other relevant professional and community partners regarding the benefit of
syringe services programs, as well as other harm reduction strategies, and relevant laws, policies, and
processes; and
• Assure adequate resources to support health department surveillance, program planning, and program
evaluation capacity to assess disease and risk behavior trends and the impact of syringe services
programs, as well as other disease prevention and health promotion interventions for persons who inject
drugs, on local health outcomes.
Furthermore, NACCHO urges Congress to remove the ban on the use of federal funds to support syringe
services programs.
Justification
Injection drug use is a major route of transmission for HIV, viral hepatitis, and other blood-borne pathogens.
Over the past 25 years, syringe services programs have proven to be highly effective at reducing HIV
transmission among people who inject drugs and are an essential strategy to prevent hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection. In addition to providing sterile syringes and other injecting equipment, many syringe service
programs also provide medical and social services, including HIV and viral hepatitis testing, overdose
prevention training, referrals to social services and housing, and linkages to medical care, mental health care,
and substance use treatment, to individuals who are not often served by traditional healthcare providers.1
2
In the United States, HIV incidence among people who inject drugs declined by approximately 80% from 1988
to 2006 following the ado ...
This presentation on AFAO's recent work with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities was given by Michael Frommer at the SiREN Symposium in Perth, June 2016.
Scott McGill discusses ASHM's plan for developing online health promotion resources for people from CALD backgrounds. This presentation was given at AFAO's HIV and Mobility Forum in May 2016.
Darryl O’Donnell, Executive Director of AFAO, outlines changes to the organisation and sets out its priorities for 2016/17. In this context, he invited input on AFAO's future policy work from from participants at AFAO's HIV and Mobility Forum on 30 May 2016.
This presentation on key strategies for addressing HIV among people from CALD communities and people who travel to high prevalence countries was given by Corie Gray from Curtin University and CoPAHM at AFAO'S HIV and Mobility Forum on 30 May 2016.
This presentation on a directory of HIV health promotion programs and resources that engage with people from CALD communities was given by Jill Sergeant from AFAO at AFAO'S HIV and Mobility Forum on 30 May 2016.
This presentation on findings from a trial of providing HIV medication to people not eligible for Medicare was given by Tony Maynard from the National Association of People With HIV Australia (NAPWHA) at AFAO'S HIV and Mobility Forum on 30 May 2016.
This presentation on HIV diagnoses among people from CALD communities was given by Praveena Gunaratnam from the Kirby Institute at AFAO'S HIV and Mobility Forum on 30 May 2016.
Drawing upon HIV surveillance data and the Seroconversion Study, this presentation explores reasons for late diagnosis of HIV and barriers to testing among gay men and other MSM in Australia. The presentation was given by Phillip Keen from the Kirby Institute at AFAO's National Gay Men's HIV Health Promotion Conference in April 2016.
In 2015, AFAO developed a directory of health promotion programs and resources related to HIV and culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This presentation outlines how the directory was developed and can be used. This presentation was given by Jill Sergeant at AFAO's National Gay Men's HIV Health Promotion Conference in April 2016.
A report on findings from the AHOD Temporary Resident Access Study, which looked at access to HIV treatments for people not eligible for Medicare. This presentation was given at the AFAO Community Hub at the ASHM 2015 conference.
Lea Narciso from SA Health discusses the changing epidemic in South Australia, which now includes an increasing number of people born overseas, and the government's policy response. This presentation was given at the AFAO Community Hub at the ASHM 2015 conference.
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.
ComePrepd is the Queensland AIDS Councils (QuAC) new campaign for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) which aims to encourage open discussion in the gay community. This presentation discusses the design of the campaign and its various stages. This presentation was given at the AFAO Community Hub at the ASHM 2015 conference.
Alison Coelho from the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health describes a program which partnered with faith & community leaders around preventing BBV/STI transmission in migrant and refugee communities. This presentation was given at the AFAO Community Hub at the ASHM 2015 conference.
An overview of how the 2 Spirits Program at the Queensland AIDS Council adapts a western health promotion framework into a cultural framework to engage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities around HIV and sexual health. This presentation was given at the AFAO Community Hub at the ASHM 2015 conference.
This presentation on the priorities and challenges for the HIV response in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities was given by Michael Costello-Czok (Executive Officer – Anwernekenhe National HIV Alliance - ANA) at the AFAO Members Forum - May 2015.
This presentation on the expansion of AFAO's African communities project to encompass other CALD and mobile populations was given by Jill Sergeant, AFAO Project Officer, at the AFAO Members Forum - May 2015.
This presentation on using a systems approach to improve understandings of peer-based health promotion programs was given by Dr Graham Brown, Australian Research Centre for Sex, health and Society (ARCSHS), at the AFAO Members Forum - May 2015.
This presentation on what social research indicates will be effective anti-stigma interventions was given by Prof John de Wit, Centre for Social REsearch in Health (CSRH), at the AFAO Members Forum - May 2015.
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2. Current Legal Framework
Notifiable but records are coded
Testing requires informed consent
Anti-discrimination legislation is in place (PLHIV,
believed to have HIV, & those who associate)
Treatments are subsidised through listing on PBS
You can be prosecuted and go to gaol if you have
sex with someone without disclosing HIV+
8. Why is criminalisation problematic?
Conflates risk of harm with risk from other types of
assault
Considers ‘harms’ of HIV infection to be devastating
Fails to weigh up the risk of harm with the severity of
the harm – basic premise of criminal law
Ignores that unprotected sex not uncommon (1000
new infections/year)
Penalties are excessive
9. Why is criminalisation problematic?
Does nothing to decrease risk taking/increase
disclosure
• Condom use with casual sexual partners is less likely following
disclosure CSRH E-male study)
• no difference between disclosure rates of HIV+ men from NSW
compared to others (CSRH Stigma Study- 1200 MSM)
Undermines public health initiatives
• Undermines messages of mutual responsibility
• Creates expectation people will disclose
• Creates expectation people will be punished
10. Why is criminalisation problematic?
Reduces trust in healthcare practitioners
Spreads misinformation about HIV
Reinforces stigma surrounding HIV
- reliance on disclosure to reduce risk increases stigma and
discrimination (Stigma Study)
Is too arbitrary/cultural filtering
11. So what tools can we use to
advocate for change?
International Support
13. UNPD
78. Commit to review …laws and policies that adversely affect … delivery of HIV …
programmes to PLHIV (in accordance with relevant national review frameworks and
time frames)
80. Commit to national HIV strategies that promote and protect human rights,
including programmes aimed at eliminating stigma and discrimination against PLHIV,
including by:
sensitizing the police and judges
training health-care workers in non-discrimination, confidentiality and informed
consent
supporting national human rights learning campaigns
legal literacy and legal services
monitoring the impact of the legal environment on HIV prevention, treatment,
care and support
14. UNAIDS Guidance: Ending overly broad criminalization
of HIV non-disclosure, exposure and transmission:
Critical scientific, medical and legal considerations
Recommends “limiting the application of criminal law to
cases of intentional transmission (i.e. where a person knows
his or her HIV-positive status, acts with the intention to
transmit HIV, and does in fact transmit it)”.
Countries should develop and implement prosecutorial and police
guidelines to clarify, limit and harmonise any application of criminal law
to HIV.
16. MACBBVS Legal Working Group
Set of seven papers on the impact of discrimination
and criminalisation on public health approaches to
BBV and STI prevention and treatment - including
recommendations for law and policy reforms
17. Melbourne Declaration
Action Area 4:
Strengthen the partnership response and enabling
environment
Incorporate MACBBVS Legal Working Group
recommendations into the 7th National Strategy
Remove HIV criminalisation and disclosure
requirements
18. Seventh National HIV Strategy
The Strategy has six objectives:
reduce HIV
reduce the risk behaviours
decrease undiagnosed HIV infection
increase treatments (UVL)
improve quality of life of PLHIV
eliminate the negative impact of stigma, discrimination, and
legal and human rights issues on people’s health
19. Seventh National HIV Strategy
Objective Indicator
Reduce incidence of HIV • Incidence of recent HIV infection among HIV diagnoses
• Estimated incidence of HIV
Reduce risk behaviours
associated with transmission
of HIV
• Proportion of gay men who have engaged in unprotected anal intercourse with
casual male partners in the previous six months
• Proportion of people who inject drugs reporting re-use of someone else’s needle
in previous month
Decrease number of people
with undiagnosed HIV
infection
• Proportion of gay men who have been tested for HIV in the previous 12 months
• Proportion of people who inject drugs who have been tested for HIV in the
previous 12 months
• Median CD4 count at HIV diagnosis
Increase proportion PLHIV on
treatments with undetectable
viral load
• Proportion of people living with diagnosed HIV who are receiving antiretroviral
treatment
• Proportion of people receiving antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection whose
viral load is less than 50 copies/mL
Improve quality of life of
PLHIV
• Proportion of people with HIV who report their general health status and their
general wellbeing to be excellent or good
Eliminate the negative
impact of stigma,
discrimination, and legal
and human rights issues
on people’s health
20. 7.5 Enabling Environment
Priority Actions
Eliminate stigma and discrimination in community and
healthcare settings and empower priority populations.
Remove institutional, regulatory and systems barriers to
equality of care for people infected and affected by HIV in
the health sector.
Work towards addressing legal barriers to evidence-based
prevention strategies across jurisdictions.
Establish a dialogue between health and other sectors
aimed at reducing stigma and discrimination against HIV-infected
and affected individuals and communities.
21. Seventh National HIV Strategy
Implementation of this Strategy rests within the health
system. However, many of the barriers … fall outside
the responsibility of the health system.
For example, criminalisation impacts on priority
populations …
It is important that the health sector enters into a
respectful dialogue with other sectors to discuss
impacts of wider decisions on the health of priority
groups.
22. Implementation Plan: Priority Actions
Strategy Enabling Environment Mechanism/s for progressing action Responsibility
HIV
Hep C
STI
Eliminate stigma and
discrimination in community and
healthcare setting and empower
priority populations
Support advocacy and empowerment of
priority populations to encourage access
to testing, treatment and care
Civil Society
Partners
Hep B
Maintain effective partnerships
between governments and
organisations representing the
interests of people affected by or
at risk of living with hepatitis B at
local, state and territory and
national levels.
Identify and make effective use of
channels of communication across and
between sectors (e.g. housing, education,
legal) to promote better understanding of
the impact of stigma and discrimination
and discuss the impacts of wider
decisions on the health of people living
with BBV & STI.
All
Governments
with Partners
ATSI
Establish a dialogue between
health and other sectors to reduce
stigma and discrimination against
BBV and STI infected and affected
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander individuals and
communities
Enter into respectful dialogues across
government, including through the justice
and custodial sectors, to discuss the
impacts of wider decisions on the health
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples.
All
Governments
and partners
23. Nat. Strat. Implementation Plans
The Commonwealth provides national leadership
on health, working through the Council of Australian
Governments (COAG) Health Council and its sub-committees
to facilitate national policy formulation
and coordination.
State and territory Governments are primarily
responsible for direct delivery of health services
and service planning activities. State and territory
response to BBV and STI is guided by jurisdictional
policies and strategies that align with the National
Strategies.
24. But …
Commonwealth refuses to engage in coordination or
discussion of legal issues (jurisdictional)
Consistent disinterest & under-resourcing: MACBVSS
Legal Working Group:
‘Experts’ - ignored representative structures –input, feedback,
tracking progress
No funding
Reports appeared supressed
25.
26. And from nowhere …
Mandatory testing of people who spit or bite
Bills drafted in South
Australia & Western
Australia
Adelaide Advertiser
15 October 2014
27. Some issues
A senior police officer decides
Reasonable grounds - suspects there has been a transfer of blood
or bodily fluid
may apprehend and detain the suspect for as long as is
reasonably necessary to enable the test (WA)
Failure to comply: $12 000 and imprisonment for 12 months (WA)
Includes firefighters, paramedics, emergency services, midwives,
nurses, doctors, hospital emergency staff and surf lifesavers (SA)
…. lack of regulatory/legislative protections & guidance
& monitoring - 147 instances - officers were exposed to bodily fluids
while policing in 2013 (WA)
28. How do we advocate?
Police and Blood-Borne Viruses
Australasian
Society for HIV
Medicine
Australia New
Zealand Policing
Advisory Agency
29. How do we advocate?
‘Partner’ Agency What
President White House National HIV AIDS Strategy for the United States:
‘Since it is now clear that spitting and biting do not pose
significant risks for HIV transmission …’
Federal
Government
(department)
US Department of Justice Best Practices Guide to Reform HIV-Specific
Criminal Laws to Align with Scientifically-Supported
Factors
Senior
scientists
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Statement - HIV not transmissible through spit
Peak
organisations
Center for HIV Law &
Policy, National
Organization of Black Law
Enforcement Executives,
Association of Prosecuting
Attorneys
Spit does not transmit: Fact sheet for Law
Enforcement Professionals on the Risk of HIV
Transmission in the Line of Duty
Would the AG or Police Minister listen to the Health Minister?
How do we monitor implementation – data on frequency, justification, experience?
(147 instances - officers were exposed to bodily fluids while policing in 2013 – WA)
How do we better engage with police?
30. Report to The Sunday Times from WA Police Union
A FATHER with several children was bitten on the leg by a man during
an arrest: “My children were astounded that, firstly, any person would
consider doing that and, secondly, that it could result in me being
exposed to a disease that could have serious consequences to my
health. I regularly think about how this will affect my life.”
STABBED with a screwdriver and exposed to the attacker’s blood, a
policeman says later: “We had family members travel from the United
Kingdom to attend the wedding. As is customary my family members
expected at least a kiss on the cheek from me on their arrival from
overseas. I had to pull myself away from them, which was
embarrassing for me and I am sure was the same for them. This
situation made me very self-conscious and turned what should have
been a very happy time for me into an awkward and difficult time. I will
never get that time back again.”