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A National Strategic Approach to Improving the Health of Gay and Bisexual Men: Experience in Australia

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The key to the Australian response to HIV and AIDS was (and continues to be) partnership: a partnership between government, affected communities, public health, and research institutions (biomedical/clinical, epidemiological, and social).

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  1. 1.

    The first needle and syringe programme began in November 1986 in an inner Sydney suburb in contravention of the New South Wales law, but in conformity with harm reduction principles agreed by Australia’s political leadership.

  2. 2.

    Following gay liberation, gay men found sexual freedom in some of the large cities of the USA, Australia and Europe.

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    Australia has a Westminster style government consisting of a federation of six states and two territories each with its own elected parliament. The Federal government has a leadership role in policy making, particularly in relation to matters of national interest, including public health, research and information management.

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Mindel, A., Kippax, S. (2013). A National Strategic Approach to Improving the Health of Gay and Bisexual Men: Experience in Australia. In: Aral, S., Fenton, K., Lipshutz, J. (eds) The New Public Health and STD/HIV Prevention. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4526-5_17

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