AFAO

National HIV Forum2014

Alison Coelho

Global prevalence of HIV, 2009 Source: UNAIDS.

HIV looks different on an international scale• Heterosexual transmission• Impact on families and children• 50% of world’s population live in our region

• MSM, transmission most common in Australia

Prevention of new incidences and transmission of Blood borne Viruses (BBVs) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

in refugee and migrant communities

Support for

connections and

outreach

Community education Community action

 

BBV/STI community

education sessions

Organisational capacity building

and sector development  

Community

trainings on

BBV/STI

 

Training, research, partnerships,

advocacy

Individualised

support and referral

to appropriate

services

Increase culturally competent

CALD BBV/STI health literate

services, and evidence-informed

policies

Increase in

community-led

BBV/STI health

promotion initiatives

Increased responsiveness and

service coordination in relation to

BBV/STI transmission in refugee and

migrant communities

Increased BBV/STI knowledge, uptake of harm minimisation strategies,

screening, testing, treatment and use of relevant care and support services by

CALD community members 

 

   

   

Better health outcome for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities 

 

  

  

   

Increase in BBV/ STI health literacy, and awareness of

available care and support services by CALD

community members

 

 

migrant & refugee health issues

prolonged camp experience - poor nutrition/oral health - low literacy/health literacy - perceptions of authority -

reconfigured families - loss/grief - experiences of

torture and trauma - journey experience - visits

home - isolation/discrimination-

service sector navigation

Partnerships with sectors• sector development-MSHN- 21 oct • policy & advocacy

Who can participate in MSHN?

• MSHN is an open forum where representatives from a number of sectors participate according to identified professional development and organisational needs.

• This includes people working in academia, health, community, youth, housing, resettlement and education.

amash• Australian multicultural alliance on sexual health

• Next meeting-21st Oct

• national voice for services that work with refugee and migrant communities

• collective and collaborative approach to addressing the needs of refugee and migrant communities regarding BBV/STI prevention