World AIDS Day

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World AIDS Day is a day to pause and remember those lost to the epidemic, and to reinforce the domestic and global commitment to leave no one behind and end HIV transmission for good.

The World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast is an annual event administered by Health Equity Matters.

At the World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast we:

    • Update ministers, members and senators on HIV and AIDS, in Australia, and in international settings where Australia makes a contribution to the response.
    • Allow parliamentarians to demonstrate their continuing interest in, and support for HIV and AIDS.
    • Re-affirm the multi-partisanship that has been at the heart of Australia’s response to HIV.

World AIDS Day falls on 1 December each year.

  • It is a day to show our support for people with HIV and to commemorate people who we have lost to the epidemic. World AIDS Day is recognised internationally with many countries marking the day with events to raise public awareness of HIV and AIDS care, treatment, research and prevention.

    The World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast, which began in 2010, is held in Parliament House, Canberra. In 2020 and 2021, due to COVID-19, it was held online via Zoom.

  • Through the generous support of the Commonwealth Department of Health, Health Equity Matters administers the event in collaboration with the National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) and the Pacific Friends of Global Health. The event is hosted by the Parliamentary Friends for Action on HIV/AIDS, Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmitted Infections.

    A primary focus of each World AIDS Day event has been to promote the international dimensions of the HIV and AIDS pandemic and to profile Australia’s continuing support for HIV programs especially within our region.

World AIDS Day 2023

  • Each year Health Equity Matters develops a World AIDS Day booklet including contributions and updates from members, ministers, senators and researchers.

     

  • Click to view the 2023 World AIDS Day booklet

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World AIDS Day 2022

  • Each year Health Equity Matters develops a World AIDS Day booklet including contributions and updates from members, ministers, senators and researchers.

     

  • Click to view the 2022 World AIDS Day booklet.

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World AIDS Day 2021

  • Each year Health Equity Matters develops a World AIDS Day booklet including contributions and updates from members, ministers, senators and researchers.

    Due to COVID-19, the 2021 World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast was held online via Zoom.

  • Click to view the 2021 World AIDS Day booklet.

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World AIDS Day 2020

  • Each year Health Equity Matters develops a World AIDS Day booklet including contributions and updates from members, ministers, senators and researchers.

    Due to COVID-19, the 2020 World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast was held online via Zoom.

  • Click to view the 2020 World AIDS Day booklet.

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World AIDS Day 2019

  • Each year Health Equity Matters develops a World AIDS Day booklet including contributions and updates from members, ministers, senators and researchers.

  • Click to view the 2019 World AIDS Day booklet.

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World AIDS Day 2018

  • Each year Health Equity Matters develops a World AIDS Day booklet including contributions and updates from members, ministers, senators and researchers.

  • Click to view the 2018 World AIDS Day booklet.

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World AIDS Day 2017

  • Each year Health Equity Matters develops a World AIDS Day booklet including contributions and updates from members, ministers, senators and researchers.

  • Click to view the 2017 World AIDS Day booklet.

    Download booklet