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Australia's condom scheme for safe sex in prison
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A
proposal to put condom-vending machines in Tasmanian
prisons is expected to be approved early next year. The
Justice Department's blood-borne virus working party put
forth the proposal in an effort to ensure safe sex among
inmates |
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Australian discovery may lead to a hepatitis C vaccine |
Researchers in Australia have discovered an antibody that has
helped some people develop immunity against hepatitis C, and
they hope to use the discovery as the foundation for an
HCV vaccine, Agence France-Presse reports.
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Discrimination
experienced by particular communities
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The
evidence to this Enquiry makes it abundantly clear that
the stigma associated with injecting drug use is closely
linked to Hepatitis C Virus and discrimination on the basis of Hepatitis C Virus or
current, past or assumed drug use are so closely
associated that they many be indistinguishable
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443 kb pdf
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Australia's
Action Plan # 4 Avenues for Redress
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Anti-discrimination
legislation prohibits disability discrimination in many
areas of public life, however the treatment that
individuals experience as discriminatory or unfair may
not necessarily amount to unlawful discrimination
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418 kb pdf
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Australia's
Action Plan # 5 Appendices
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Listing
of resources
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474 kb pdf
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Blood
Borne Viruses-Dental Services Project
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The
project was developed from the earlier HIV/AIDS Related
Discrimination: Healthcare Worker Project,. HIV/AIDS
related discrimination has been identified as a priority
area for action
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380 kb pdf
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Educational Strategies &
Development
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Initially,
many staff and inmates did not see a need for AIDS
education and most saw no reason or relevance for them
receiving any information or education on AIDS.
The most common feeling expressed by both groups
were fear, hysteria and homophobia
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Employer-employee Rights-Australia
Cover
Page
Direct and indirect Discrimination
Examples of Discrimination in Employment |
This program
has been designed to be implemented in any Queensland workplace
for the purpose of anti-discrimination training with particular
reference to hepatitis C.
Direct discrimination occurs where a
person with hepatitis C is treated ‘less favorably’
Indirect-an
unreasonable requirement or condition is imposed
Impairment
in pre-work, Race discrimination, pregnancy victimization, sex
discrimination |
All files
pdf
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Hepatitis
C: a review of Australia’s response
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This
report deals with Australia’s response
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963 kb pdf
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HIV and HCV: An Examination of
Preventative Policies with Recommendations for
Additional Efficacy
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This
paper will firstly explore the nature of HIV and HCV.
Secondly, the paper will evaluate the preventive
strategies implemented by the Australian government to
reduce the prevalence of HIV and HCV, and subsequently
suggest several recommendations to increase the
effectiveness of these strategies. |
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HIV Education Strategies within
Correctional
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It
has been suggested that prisons provide an environment
which can further the spread of HIV/AIDS, not only to
those incarcerated, but also to the broader community.
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HIV-
Minimisation Strategies for Correctional
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The
expectation of the community to maintain public health
and to be protected from infection, coalesced with the
expectation of prisoners for access to adequate health
care and information on infection from risk behaviours,
and formed the fundamental and complementary tenets of
this project
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Inquiry into Prostitution |
Attempts to change laws relating to prostitution in
South Australia have not, so far, been successful.
However it does not necessarily follow that the current
law, most of which was inaugurated in the House of
Commons by the Gladstone Liberal Government in the
1550s, is adequate. |
336 kb pdf |
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Is lawful discrimination against illicit drug users
acceptable?
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A
Bill currently being considered by the Australian
Parliament (the Disability Discrimination Amendment Bill
2003 [Cwlth]) would, if enacted, make discrimination
lawful against people who are currently addicted to
prohibited drugs and not currently in drug treatment. |
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Management Issues-a prison
Officers
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From
an officer’s p[perspective I then set about
researching what I felt I would like to see available in
the gaols to make the workplace safer in relation to the
HIV virus
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Managing a Therapeutic
Community
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As
the numbers grew an increasing burden was placed on
hospital services which were not designed to house
prisoners on a long-term basis.
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Pdf
29 kb
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Prisoners
Rights
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The
idea of prisoners’ right is in conflict with policies
which give administrative discretion and convenience
overriding importance in prison administration
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Report
on the enquiry into hepatitis C related discrimination
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In
calling our report into hepatitis C related
discrimination C-change, what we are essentially calling
for is a major transformation in public policy—one
which refuses to accept that discrimination is the
inevitable companion of Hepatitis C Virus infection
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465
kb pdf
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Return on Investment in Needle & Syringe Programs in
Australia |
The
analysis found that cities that introduced NSPs had a
mean annual 18.6% decrease in HIV seroprevalence,
compared with a mean annual 8.1% increase in HIV
seroprevalence in cities that had never introduced NSPs…Overall
the results indicated little change in HCV prevalence
before NSPs were introduced, followed by a decline after
the introduction of HSPs. If HCV prevalence was 75% or
50% respectively before NSPs were introduced, the
results correspond to around a 1.5% or 2% decline in HCV
prevalence per annum. |
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kb pdf |
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Why conduct an enquiry into hepatitis C
related discrimination
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In
recognition of the seriousness of the issue of Hepatitis C Virus
related discrimination,
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442 kb pdf
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Working
for Australians living in poverty
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A
fair, inclusive and sustainable Australia where all
individuals and communities have the resources they need
to participate in and benefit from social and economic
life
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985 kb pdf
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