MACBBVS reports to stakeholders

The Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (MACBBVS) has released a report from its meeting in Canberra on 2 August. MACBBVS is the Australian Government's key advisory body on the national HIV response.

Matters discussed included the update of the National Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (BBV and STI) Strategies, viral hepatitis and liver cancer, the International AIDS Society Conference 2014, and the proposed National Health and Physical Education Curriculum.

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Cameroon's HIV response stifled following murder of leading HIV activist

On 15 July, renowned HIV and LGBTI activist, Eric Ohena Lembembe, was found dead in his home in Yaoundé,  Cameroon. He had been brutally tortured and then beaten to death in an attack believed to be politically motivated.