HIV response
Content in this series is about peer work within the HIV response.
It includes content about how:
- Peer work functions within the HIV response
- Peer work can help the HIV response achieve its goals
- Non-peer actors within the HIV response can support and work with peer responses
Content in this series is about peer work within the HIV response.
It includes content about how:
- Peer work functions within the HIV response
- Peer work can help the HIV response achieve its goals
- Non-peer actors within the HIV response can support and work with peer responses
Peers from affected communities — including people living with HIV, people who inject drugs, gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men, and sex workers — have played a central role in the HIV response from the very start of the pandemic. Many of the Australian HIV response’s internationally recognised successes come down to the powerful impact of this peer work.
The W3 Project is proud to have close, sustained partnerships with peer-led organisations working in the HIV response across Australia.
Peers working in HIV have been involved in every facet of the W3 Project, from planning and prioritising to carrying out the research, analysing data, and co-authoring publications.
Research from the PLHIV Peer Navigator Implementation Study shows how peer support can improve quality of life for people living with HIV.
Living Positive Victoria staff members Sara and Tim share how this peer support service needed to move fast to find ways to keep supporting and engaging clients throughout 2020.
This post reflects on how the peer-led HIV response adapted in the wake of COVID-19. It is a heartwarming testament to how critical peer-led responses are in times of rapid change and crisis.
Former BBV Sector Development Program Coordinator Jen Johnson reflects on a series of interviews with peer and community organisation leaders working in the HIV and hepatitis sector about how they were adapting to COVID-19.