World AIDS Day 2022

Women continue to bear a huge burden of HIV-related stigma and assumptions about HIV risk, which may affect access to testing, treatment and care, and psychosocial wellbeing.

Women also experience HIV differently from men, with unique problems such as gynaecological health issues, increased risk of cervical cancer, treatment side effects & drug interactions, and ageing related issues.

In Australia rates of new HIV diagnosis are not declining in women.

This year’s World AIDS Day focuses on the issues facing women living with HIV and how we as a community respond to women’s needs in a considered manner.

Please note that due to construction works on St Kilda Road, trams are currently replaced by buses and will affect travel times to this event. For more information please go to the PTV website.

Morning Session 9am – 12pm

World AIDS Day Community Launch hosted by Living Positive Victoria

9.00am: Coffee & Tea

9:30 am Welcome and Official Launch of World AIDS Day 2022 by Craig A Brennan – President, Living Positive Victoria

9:50 am Video presentation: Poetry from Positive Women Victoria

9.55 am Opening address by Dr Todd Fernando, The Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities

10:10 am Presentation by Bernadette Roberts, Positive Women Victoria: Women & HIV: A lived experience

10:30 am Morning Tea provided by the Victorian Department of Health

11:00 am Community Forum hosted by Burnet Institute: Women in HIV Research

Moderator: Kirsty Machon, Positive Women Victoria

Speakers:
Lindi Masson, Burnet Institute
Anna Hearps, Burnet Institute
Jillian Lau, Doherty Institute
Liz Crock, Bolton Clark
Heather Ellis, Positive Women Victoria
Sushena Krishnaswamy, Monash Health

12:00 pm Lunch provided by ViiV Healthcare

Afternoon Session 1-6pm : Women and HIV

mHIVE World AIDS Day Symposium 2022 hosted by Burnet Institute in conjunction with mHIVE network

Download the mHIVE World AIDS Day 2022 Abstract Booklet

1.00pm Welcome Address by Professor Gilda Tachedjian, Burnet Institute

1.10pm Keynote Presentation by Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, University of Cape Town

2.10pm Clinical and Social Perspectives by Associate Professor Edwina Wright, Burnet Institute and Dr Kirsty Machon, Positive Women Victoria

3.10pm Poster session and afternoon tea

3.45pm Community Perspectives – Living well with HIV

Panel discussion chaired by Professor Jenny Hoy, Burnet Institute  and community members Bernadette, Julie, and Deodata

4.30pm  Oral Abstracts – Young Investigators

5.30pm Coffee and tea break

5.45pm Presentation of Young Investigator Awards: The ViiV Healthcare AIDS Scholarship ($5,000) and The Gilead mHIVE Early Career Researcher Poster Prizes ($250)

5.50pm Official Closing by Professor Sharon Lewin, Doherty Institute

6.00pm Event closes

Register here to attend the morning, afternoon or both sessions

or join us on the day via ZOOM

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