health and ageing

Links to Services - Victoria

Australian AIDS Fund Incorporated
03 9 7709210
www.aids.net.au

Victorian AIDS Council
03 9865 6700 or Freecall: 1800 134 840
TTY 03 9827 3733
www.vicaids.asn.au

Country AIDS Network & Rural Hep C Network
03 5443 8355
www.can.org.au

Access Information Centre
03 9276 6993
www.accessinfo.org.au

Victorian HIV/AIDS Service
Coordinated by the Infectious Diseases Unit at The Alfred Hospital
03 9276 3009
www.accessinfo.org.au/idu

Multicultural Health & Support Service
Based at North Richmond Community Health Centre, this service responds to the emerging issues of HIV, hepatitis C and STIs within the Horn of Africa, Vietnamese and Arabic speaking communities
03 9429 4577

People Living with HIV / AIDS (PLWHA) Groups

People Living With HIV/AIDS Victoria
03 9865 6772
www.plwhavictoria.org.au

Services for young gay (and same-sex attracted) men

Young and Gay (through the Victorian AIDS Council)
03 9865 6700
Freecall: 1800 134 840
TTY 03 9827 3733
www.vicaids.asn.au

Youth Empowerment Against HIV/AIDS (Y.E.A.H.)
Initiative for a youth support group that aims to provide support and promote awareness in the area of HIV/AIDS for all young people; including those directly infected and affected.
03 9667 1368
www.yeah.org.au

Services for injecting drug users

VIVAIDS (Victorian Drug User Organisation)
03 9329 1500
Freecall: 1800 443 844
Email: vivaids@vivaids.org.au

Telephone counselling and information lines

Gay and Lesbian Switchboard
03 9827 8544
Freecall: 1800 184 527
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~glswitch

AIDSLINE (AIDS, Hepatitis and Sexual Health Line)
03 9347 6099
Freecall: 1800 133 392
Vietnamese hepatitis C info line: 1800 456 007
TTY: 1800 032 665

Positive Counselling
Positive Counselling HIV/ Hep C at the Bouverie Centre
03 9376 9844
www.positivecounselling.org.au

Sexual Health Clinics

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
03 9347 0244
Freecall: 1800 032 017
TTY 03 9347 8619
HIV/AIDS Clinic: 9341 6214
www.mshc.org.au

Anti-Discrimination & Human Rights

Equal Opportunity Commission
03 9281 7111
Freecall: 1800 134 142
TTY 03 9281 7110
www.eoc.vic.gov.au

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Council of Victoria
03 9380 4644
Freecall: 1800 703 003
www.hepcvic.org.au

Positive Women

Positive Women Victoria
03 9276 6918
www.positivewomen.org.au

Positive Heterosexuals

Straight Arrows
03 9276 3792
www.straightarrows.org.au

Support Group

"Breaking the Chains"
Support and Education group, Warrnambool.
03 5562 8216 or 0401 240 167
breakingthechains@hotmail.com

Organisations for Workers in the Sex Industry

RhED - Resourcing Health and Education in the Sex Industry
03 9534 8166
www.sexworker.org.au

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