The Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) is the Australian national peak organisation representing the state and territory peer-based drug user organisations and issues of national relevance for people with lived experience of drug use. AIVL’s purpose is to advance the health of people who use/have used illicit drugs.
Read MoreFocus on HIV *only* in @UNODC Strategy 2021-25 outcomes is concerning given the #WorldDrugReport 2020 says:
~11.3 mil people inject drugs
~1 mil people who inject drugs are living w #HIV
~5.5 mil people are living w #hepatitisC
Strategy ➡️ https://bit.ly/3uQhiCy
#CND64 35/
Did you miss our April 12 #CND side event with @INPUD due to pesky time zones? Never fear, you can catch us all talking #DrugDecrim and #harmreduction on this nifty recording. It's a must watch! #drugpolicy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd4e-dFJIgg&feature=youtu.be
AIVL CEO on ABC Radio National Breakfast re NDARC Drug-Induced Deaths report.
Check it out!
New research on treatment-as-prevention for #hepatitisC in prison. Found: support for treatment & prevention-as-prevention (harm reduction, needle and syringe programs)
My comment: Treatment *only* is unethical & inconsistent w/ evidence and the National Hepatitis C Strategy https://twitter.com/CSRH_UNSW/status/1379959240253562884
Dear All
Our friend Rebecca Vassarotti MLA has delivered an adjournment speech paying tribute to Jude Byrne in the ACT Legislative Assembly on Tuesday 30 March 2021.
@RebeccaVassarot @nuaansw @HRV_Aust
To listen, please follow the link - https://aivl-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/hariniw_aivl_org_au/EVKSLaWrfTJCgLnSrbgY9sMBuxy-sXLgDxhRh2Y2oQDCag?e=ICmU3P
PLEASE RT.
We're saddened at reports that the NDIS Minister is considering excluding FASD from the NDIS.
@stuartrobertmp, people with FASD and their families already struggle to use the NDIS. They count on the Govt to do more to help them – not less.
https://fare.org.au/fare-and-nofasd-raise-concern-about-reports-on-exclusion-of-fasd-from-ndis-eligibility/
Final report: ACT Medically Supervised Injecting Facility Feasibility Study
https://www.miragenews.com/final-report-act-medically-supervised-injecting-534258/
ACT Medically Supervised Injecting Facility Feasibility Study
https://health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/data-and-publications/reports/act-medically-supervised-injecting-facility?utm_source=miragenews&utm_medium=miragenews&utm_campaign=news
Check out "Inaugural David Cooper Lecture | Dr Anthony S. Fauci"
From the HIV/AIDS epidemic to the COVID-19 pandemic, what have we learnt and what do we still need to learn?
Wednesday, 14 April @ 6.30pm AEST
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/inaugural-david-cooper-lecture-dr-anthony-s-fauci-registration-147024150191?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=estw&utm-source=tw&utm-term=listing @Eventbrite
