ASHM

26/02/2026

March is jam-packed with a range of exciting, free training and education opportunities across HIV, blood-borne viruses, and sexual and reproductive health! 📚️💡

Register now or browse ASHM’s full Education Library at: https://buff.ly/hwrQyn5

25/02/2026

SAVE THE DATE: 2026 Pacific HIV Symposium! 📅

HIV is rising across the Pacific, with national outbreaks declared in Fiji and Papua New Guinea. The 2026 Pacific HIV Symposium will convene regional health leaders, clinicians, policymakers and community organisations from across the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand to strengthen prevention, treatment, and care and build a coordinated response to the growing HIV epidemic.

Without decisive regional action, the Pacific risks reversing decades of progress toward eliminating HIV as a public health threat. The 2026 is an essential opportunity to connect, learn, and contribute to a coordinated regional response.

Stay tuned for registration information.

Find out more at: https://buff.ly/F7BSSZQ

18/02/2026

Ready, set, abstract! 🏃‍➡️

Abstract submissions are open now for the HIV&AIDS and Australasian Sexual & Reproductive Health Conferences.

A range of helpful resources including abstract guidelines, templates, writing tips, and additional information are available on the and website.

The HIV&AIDS and Australasian Sexual & Reproductive Health Conferences are taking place back to back in Naarm (Melbourne) from the 14 - 17 September 2026.

Submit your abstract now at: https://buff.ly/b7ezAhX

13/02/2026

Valentine's day plans? Don't forget protection! 💘💦
Whether it's love, lust, or something in between - there's nothing sexier than being prepared🔥👀

11/02/2026

Are you a nurse thinking about joining us at this year's Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference? 🩺

Australasian Hepatology Association - AHA is offering 2026 Conference or Education Grants to help nurses across Australia and New Zealand access professional development opportunities - including conferences like !

Find out more at: https://www.hepatologyassociation.com.au/research/2026-grant-opportunities/?fbclid=IwY2xjawP56WtleH…

Gilead Sciences

AHA is proud to invite applications from nurses in Australia and New Zealand for a 2026 Conference or Education Grant funded by Gilead Sciences. The Grants program aims to strengthen the hepatitis C nursing workforce through education and shared learning opportunities. Applications close 22 Feb.
https://www.hepatologyassociation.com.au/research/2026-grant-opportunities/

10/02/2026

09/02/2026

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting Cherie, you know two things: she’s full of energy, and she’s fiercely passionate about nursing advocacy💛🩺

Cherie has been at ASHM for 16 years, and for the last year has worked as our Nursing Policy and Advocacy Lead - championing nurses, strengthening the health workforce, and elevating nursing voices where they matter most!

When she’s off the clock, you can find Cherie walking her dog Lexi, baking, playing Uno with her kids, going for runs, watching trashy TV, or (enthusiastically!) adding tomato sauce to almost every meal🍅

If Cherie could eat one meal every day for the rest of her life, she would pick lasagna (with tomato sauce of course😉).

We’re so grateful for the joy, passion, and purpose that Cherie brings to everything she does!

04/02/2026

Share your work at and help shape the future of viral hepatitis elimination 📢💫

The 16th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference is calling for abstract submissions showcasing research, innovation and lived experience across viral hepatitis. Whether you’re in clinical care, public health, research, or community, we want to hear from you!

To help you get started, a range of helpful resources including abstract guidelines, templates, writing tips, and additional information is available on the website.

️Abstract submissions will close on Sunday 22 February 2026⌛️‼️

Submit your abstract now at: https://buff.ly/BJqB5PC

will be taking place in Walyalup (Fremantle), Western Australia from the 12 - 14 of August 2026. This meeting will bring together a national audience with the collective aim of advancing progress towards the elimination of hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and to improve support for communities affected across Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia–Pacific region.

Photo credit: Tourism Western Australia

04/02/2026

Community-led, culturally safe, and grounded in lived experience - congratulations to the organisations who received the ViiV Healthcare Australia 2025 Positive Action Community Grant (PACG)! 🎉💜

⭐️ Living Positive Victoria - LPV
⭐️ NAPWHA
⭐️ Positive Life NSW
⭐️ TasCAHRD
⭐️ Thorne Harbour Health
⭐️ WAAC

ViiV's PACG program supports innovative, grassroots projects that reach those most affected by, or at risk of HIV particularly in marginalised, vulnerable or underrepresented groups, including multicultural communities, women, and First Nations people living with HIV.

Find out more at:

Explore the ViiV Healthcare Positive Action Community Grants projects in more detail and learn about what each of the communities were able to achieve through their initiatives.

03/02/2026

A note to primary healthcare nurses 💌

This ASHM is celebrating the vital work of nurses in primary healthcare whose work improves the health and wellbeing of communities nationwide.

Primary healthcare nurses do some of the most impactful work in the health system, often quietly and often without recognition.

We see you. We thank you.

29/01/2026

Build your confidence in sexual health care! 🩺🌟

Join speakers Cherie Bennett (Nursing Policy and Advocacy Lead, ASHM) and Regan Chesterfield (AHPRA Endorsed Nurse Practitioner) for an engaging online workshop designed to equip nurses and midwives with the skills needed to identify priority populations, recognise common STI and BBV presentations, and confidently incorporate STI and BBV screening into everyday practice.

📆 Tuesday 10 February
🕑 6:30pm – 8:30pm (AEDT)
💻 Online – Microsoft Teams

Register now for the upcoming Sexual Health Fundamentals for Nurses and Midwives course: https://buff.ly/Ki2BScO

29/01/2026

There is more to quality HIV care than just prescriptions and viral suppression.

ASHM’s PozQoL Mini-Audit is a structured quality improvement activity designed to help primary and sexual health clinicians strengthen person-centred care by integrating social and emotional wellbeing into routine practice.

Participants offer PozQoL to a small number of patients and reflect on the results in the context of communication, clinical decision-making, and holistic care. A short online learning module and a brief reflective survey guide this process, ensuring the activity fits smoothly within existing workflows.

Insights gained through the mini-audit will contribute to ongoing sector efforts to enhance the quality of HIV care, reduce stigma, and strengthen referral pathways.

Learn more at: https://buff.ly/XDwBwLk