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Well Well Well

3 May 2024

Translating the Facts – Culture Language and HIV (Part 1)

HIV, MPOX

Translating the Facts – Culture Language and HIV (Part 1)

HIV impacts people regardless of race, sexuality, or gender. With ¼ of people in Australia with at least one parent born overseas, or from other countries themselves – our communities are diverse. In Victoria, HIV impacts the lives of people from all cultures, and so providing information and services tailored to individual cultural and linguistic needs is vital. 

Michael talks to Jen Johnson, Program Manager at Living Positive Victoria about supporting our communities living with HIV who speak a language other than English through various multilingual resources and projects. 

 

Thank you so much to Beau Newham, the project lead on Translating the Facts for bringing these resources to life for our community.

Resources

Translating the Facts available in Arabic, Burmese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese 

Planet Positive GOES NORTH for Winter, LPV’s social event at the Thornbury Bowls Club for people living with HIV, their families, and friends

2024 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, May 19 at the Library at the Dock

* This episode originally aired Thursday, May 2 2024 on JOY *

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.

If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au

Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.



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