New Advisory Group
AFAO Media Release | 24 March
AFAO welcomes new Commonwealth Government Advisory Committee
Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s new Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmitted Infections (MACBBVS) has been welcomed by the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.
“Minister Roxon has put together an excellent Committee to lead the re-vitalisation of Australia’s HIV and Hepatitis responses”, said Dr Graham Brown, the President of AFAO and a member of the new Committee, said today.
Dr Brown was speaking following the first meeting of the newly appointed Committee, in Canberra last week.
“Professor Michael Kidd is a dynamic and highly engaged Chair and the membership of the Committee brings together talented people from many of the sectors key to a successful Partnership response for HIV and Hepatitis C”, Dr Brown said.
Professor Kidd is Executive Dean of the faculty of Health Sciences at Flinders University in Adelaide and a previous President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Dr Brown also praised the directions and expectations which Minister for Health & Ageing, Nicola Roxon, set out for the Committee at its Canberra meeting.
“Minister Roxon has charged the committee with developing and overseeing the new National Strategies for HIV, STI and Hep C. She wants the Partnership approach restored and the increasing HIV infection rates reversed – and she has appointed the right people to advise her on how this can be achieved.”
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