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New Era for Wellness Fund
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 1:51 pm | AIDS Foundation
NEW ERA FOR THE WELLNESS FUND At a meeting of the Trust Boards of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) and Body Positive on Friday, 24 June the NZAF formally handed the Wellness Fund to Body Positive, representative of the National Collective of ... More >>
Groundbreaking HIV Treatment Trial Welcomed
Friday, 13 May 2011, 12:54 pm | AIDS Foundation
A trial that showed antiretroviral treatment to be 96% effective in reducing sexual transmission of HIV is being closely examined by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) for its potential to make a difference here. More >>
GovernorGeneral to Present Prestigious Awards
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 2:36 pm | AIDS Foundation
The GovernorGeneral will present Life Membership of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) to five people in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the organisation. More >>
NZAF Responds To PrEP Trial
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 1:00 pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) notes results from the first-ever human study of a treatment called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) that has shown it to be effective in reducing sexual transmission of HIV. The clinical trials, published in the 25 ... More >>
World AIDS Day Brings HIV Awareness to the Streets
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 11:39 am | AIDS Foundation
With the Pope’s comments about condoms fresh in people’s minds, World AIDS Day will be marked globally on December 1, to raise awareness of the continued presence of HIV and the impact of AIDS on communities in New Zealand. In 2009, there were ... More >>
NZAF Welcomes Papal Shift On Condoms
Monday, 22 November 2010, 1:39 pm | AIDS Foundation
As World AIDS Day approaches, Pope Benedict XVI’s comments that condom use in certain situations to prevent the transmission of HIV is acceptable has been welcomed by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) as the beginning of a shift in the Vatican’s ... More >>
End of an Era for NZAF
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 4:56 pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation Trust Board has announced that Rachael Le Mesurier has tendered her resignation as the Executive Director of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF). Since she started in November 2003, the NZAF has made significant progress ... More >>
NZAF Supporters Lead Global HIV Body
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 12:42 pm | AIDS Foundation
High profile New Zealanders and supporters of The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) have today been the focus of international attention as they launched a new UN department dedicated to challenging legal hurdles to HIV justice and equality. More >>
Wellington RegainsTakatāpui Awards
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 12:12 pm | AIDS Foundation
The Wellington Takatāpui community in partnership with the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) are proud to bring Hui Takatāpui and the National Takatāpui Awards to Wellington in 2010. Hui Takatāpui is the single biggest gathering for takatāpui from across ... More >>
Proposal Increases Access To Hiv Treatments
Monday, 14 June 2010, 2:56 pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) has warmly welcomed the announcement, by PHARMAC, that it is seeking feedback on a proposal to widen access to government-funded antiretroviral medications. NZAF Director Positive Health, Eamonn Smythe says, “developing ... More >>
NZAF Welcomes Funded Emergency Pep Treatment
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 5:13 pm | AIDS Foundation
The announcement by PHARMAC that post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) will be subsidised for people who have had unprotected anal sex, or shared injecting equipment, with a known HIV positive person, is being greeted with qualified optimism by the New ... More >>
Human Rights Pioneers Remembered At Aids Memorial
Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 9:21 am | AIDS Foundation
On 16 May 2010, New Zealanders across the country will light candles to mark the 27th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial. In New Zealand the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial will be marked in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin ... More >>
Grave Risk for Youth If 198 Health Centre Closes
Friday, 12 March 2010, 5:21 pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is warning of serious repercussions for the health of young New Zealanders with the closure of the 198 Youth Health Centre in Christchurch. The 198 Youth Health Centre treats more than 7000 young people every ... More >>
Unanimous Support For Big Gay Out
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 4:51 pm | AIDS Foundation
High ranking politicians from across the political spectrum will show their support for the rainbow communities and HIV prevention initiatives at Auckland’s premier gay event. The Get it On! Big Gay Out is sponsored by Durex and will take place on ... More >>
NZAF Opens Free Sexual Health Clinic in Wellington
Thursday, 3 December 2009, 4:26 pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) has joined with Wellington Sexual Health Services to provide a full sexual health screening service at the NZAF Āwhina Centre in Wellington. The weekly Sexual Health Clinics will be held every Wednesday, including tonight ... More >>
HIV Rates At Record High On World Aids Day
Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 10:13 am | AIDS Foundation
With a record high of new HIV diagnoses in New Zealand last year the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) will be letting people know that HIV is close to home this World AIDS Day. Figures from the AIDS Epidemiology Group at the University of Otago ... More >>
NZAF Prepares For World Aids Day On A Budget
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 12:22 pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is preparing for a low cost World AIDS Day campaign which will hit the streets next Friday, 27 November 2009. Benjamin Barratt-Boyes, NZAF National Partnerships Co-ordinator and project manager for World AIDS Day says ... More >>
NZAF Part of Successful Lobby Against HIV Ban
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 9:42 am | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) has warmly welcomed the decision of the Obama administration to lift a ban on people living with HIV from entering the USA. New Zealanders who have been barred from entering the US because they have HIV, will ... More >>
Report: Gay Youth Face Serious Health Challenges
Monday, 19 October 2009, 4:31 pm | AIDS Foundation
A report by the University of Auckland, to be released tomorrow, says that in the past 12 months more than a third of same/both-sex attracted secondary school students had seriously thought about attempting suicide and around half had deliberately harmed ... More >>
NZAF Awards Human Rights Leader
Saturday, 16 May 2009, 1:39 pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) announces that NZAF Life Membership will be awarded to Richard Tankersley, a TakatÄpui TÄne leader and the first TakatÄpui Human Rights Commissioner on Sunday, 15 May 2009 in Christchurch. More >>
