Community Partners
Meet our community partners
QPP collaborates with numerous national, state, and local organisations, peak bodies, and community groups to support people living with HIV in Queensland. Meet a selection of our trusted partners below.
National partners
National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA)
Australia’s peak non-government organisation representing community-based groups of people living with HIV. Their diverse membership confidently represents the positive voice in Australia.
Health Equity Matters (formerly AFAO) is the national federation for the HIV community response. We provide leadership, coordination and support to Australia’s policy and advocacy response to HIV.
HIV/AIDS Legal Centre Inc. (HALC)
HALC is a not-for-profit, specialist community legal centre, and the only one of its kind in Australia.
Queensland partners
Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC)
QC promotes the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, Sistergirl and Brotherboy Queenslanders.
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ)
Working directly with Queensland’s many communities since 1976. ECCQ’s focus is supporting and advocating for the needs, interests and contributions of culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Queensland.
Queensland Injectors Health Network (QuIHN)
Working to support and promote the well being of those currently using illicit drugs, or who have used illicit drugs in the past. QuIHN also supports families, friends, professionals and the wider community when they are affected by the illicit drug use of others.
True Relationships & Reproductive Health (True)
True provides sexual and reproductive health services to the wider population of Queensland. They offer clinical, education and training services from metropolitan and regional locations throughout the state.
Aiming to improve the sexual health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gay men and sistergirls, 2 Spirits utilises a ‘Whole of Community Approach’ to education, prevention, health promotion and community development activities.
The peak alliance committed to building a healthier, more just, and more connected future for LGBTQIA+ people across Queensland. Guided by First Nations leadership and lived experience, they work alongside community organisations to support equity, inclusion, and long-term change.
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC)
Represents the Community Controlled Health Sector, QAIHC is the peak body in Queensland at both a state and national level.
A community based, consumer focused organisation which recognises the diversity of, and represents, the interests of people affected by, or at risk of viral hepatitis.
Open Doors Youth Service (ODYS)
Providing support to young people with diverse genders, bodies and sexualities. They support young people who identify as LGBTIQAP+ Sistergirl & Brotherboy aged 12-24 across South East Queensland.
Australian Transgender Support Association Queensland (ATSAQ)
Help, advise and assist the transgender community in Queensland. It is a peer-led organisation providing emotional/moral support for people with Gender Dysphoria and their families and friends.
A non-profit community based association of past and present sex workers focused on the rights and wellbeing of sex workers in Queensland.
Assist young people to find and maintain appropriate housing, address physical & mental health issues, establish successful relationships & support networks and provide them with pathways to education & long term employment.
Queensland research partners
UQ’s School of Public Health projects specialise in the provision of evidence-based public health education for Queensland health care professionals, specialising in the domains of HIV, sexual health, and viral hepatitis.
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is an ambitious institution, with a growing research output focused on technology and innovation. QUT ranks in the world’s top 200 universities.
University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ)
UniSQ’s Centre for Health Research takes an interdisciplinary approach to health issues that have the greatest impact on communities, especially in regional Australia.
Health websites
Funded by the Australian and State Governments healthdirect provides free, trusted health information and advice, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Queensland Health provides healthcare, health information to all Queenslanders, and also support non-government health services like QPP.
Australia’s biggest and boldest online sexual health and wellbeing initiative for gay, bisexual, and other men (cis and trans) who have sex with men.
This website designed to provide accessible, clear information to assist people living with HIV make informed decisions on how you can lead healthier lives.
US based publisher of vital HIV-related information, news, support, and personal perspectives.
Based in the UK, they believe independent, clear and accurate information is vital in the fight against HIV & AIDS.
An excellent Australia specific website containing support information about the key issues for women living with HIV.
NAPWHA community networks
Positive Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Network
Positive Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Network (PATSIN) is a national membership-based group for Indigenous people living with HIV.
Positive Latinx Australian Network (PLAN)
The Positive Latinx Australian Network is an advocacy group represented by and for a collective of people living with HIV in Australia who are from Latin American and Hispanic backgrounds.
Positive Asian Network Australia (PANA)
The Positive Asian Network Australia, known as PANA, is a community and advocacy group by and for all Asian people living with HIV in Australia.
HetMAN Australia are a collective of men living with HIV in Australia who identify as heterosexual or straight.
National Network of Women living with HIV
The National Network of Women Living with HIV is an advisory group by and for women living with HIV, constituted to provide collaboration between those involved in policy and advocacy work for women living with HIV in Australia.
National health research, clinical societies, and regulatory bodies
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM)
The peak organisation of health professionals in Australia and New Zealand who work in HIV, viral hepatitis, other BBVs and sexually transmissible infections.
Working to eliminate infectious diseases, globally. They specialise in developing health solutions for the most at-risk communities.
Australian Research Centre for Sex Health and Society (ARCSHS)
Conducts world-class research and education on the social dimensions of sexuality, gender, health and human relationships.
A research partnership to identify and eliminate legal barriers to testing and treatment for people living with hepatitis B and HIV in Australia.
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
Responsible for regulating therapeutic goods including prescription medicines, vaccines, sunscreens, vitamins and minerals, medical devices, blood and blood products.
Achieving better health for vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally by accelerating the translation of research, discovery and evidence into sustainable health solutions.
