Hour 16: Women and girls Globally, there are more than 17 million women currently living with HIV. Some reports suggest that women constitute 54% of the total HIV-positive population worldwide. Each minute of each day, one young woman becomes infected with HIV. AIDS is the biggest worldwide killer of women aged 25-49. In Australia, approximately […]

Hour 14: Stigma HIV-related stigma affects everyone – gay and straight, HIV-positive and HIV-negative – but most people have no understanding of its ramifications. Sometimes people find it hard to recognise stigma or articulate their response to it. HIV-related stigma and discrimination remain among the biggest challenges impeding progress in responses to HIV around the […]

Hour 18 – 20 years of pure JOY JOY 94.9 is a gay and lesbian volunteer-based community radio station committed to providing a voice for the diverse lesbian and gay communities, enabling freedom of expression, the breaking-down of isolation and the celebration of our culture, achievements and pride. Manager of People, Services and Culture Leenie […]

Hour 12 – 2o years of pure JOY JOY 94.9 is a gay and lesbian volunteer-based community radio station committed to providing a voice for the diverse lesbian and gay communities, enabling freedom of expression, the breaking-down of isolation and the celebration of our culture, achievements and pride. Host Bek Savic opens with two JOY […]

Hour 20 Having never experienced the shock tactics of the 1990s public health campaigns or witnessed nightly news bulletins depicting emaciated dying men, young people today have a very different understanding of HIV and AIDS. Globally, youth account for half of all new HIV infections and are the largest growth demographic within the epidemic. James […]

Hour 20 Having never experienced the shock tactics of the 1990s public health campaigns or witnessed nightly news bulletins depicting emaciated dying men, young people today have a very different understanding of HIV and AIDS. Globally, youth account for half of all new HIV infections and are the largest growth demographic within the epidemic. James […]

Hour 22 Following Matt McDonell’s introduction to the hour, Dean Beck speaks with Ross Hutton, manager of strategy, partnership and resources for the Oil Search Health Foundation (OSHF). Starting his career in nursing, Ross now integrates primary health services in some of the most remote areas of the Asia-Pacific region, particularly Papua New Guinea. Since […]

Hour 11 Celebrating and empowering individuals to be role models in their communities sounds pretty straightforward. Sadly, there are too few people prepared to speak up in support of those living with and affected by HIV and thus break the stranglehold of stigma and discrimination. We can all heroes simply by supporting others. One of […]

Hour 10 Tuberculosis (TB) is a co-infection often associated with HIV, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. TB is curable for most people, yet more than a million die from it each year. Scaling up effective efforts to prevent and/or treat TB is necessary both to better control the disease and to succeed in the global […]

Hour 9: No one left behind HIV affects different communities in different ways, and some communities are more vulnerable because of social factors that affect health, such as poverty, gender inequality and marginalisation. If national and global efforts are to make lasting progress in response to HIV, they must be tailored to the needs of […]