WA Sexual Health and Blood-borne Viruses Advisory Committee (WA SHaBBVAC)

The WA SHaBBVAC assists the WA Department of Health’s (WA DoH) Chief Health Officer (CHO) under Part 2 s 33 of the Public Health Act 2016 (external site).

The key roles of WA SHaBBVAC are to:

• develop and maintain partnerships amongst health service providers, researchers and non-government organisations to support and promote a whole-of-government, multi-agency approach to all matters related to HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs
• discuss and develop innovative approaches to prevent and control HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs in WA
• provide input into the WA DoH’s state health plan and policies for HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs, taking into account matters such as prevention, education, treatment, care, surveillance, research, legal and policy issues, and evaluation
• advocate for people living with or at-risk of HIV, viral hepatitis or STIs.

WA SHaBBVAC meets three times a year for a two-hour meeting. The Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program at WA DoH provide secretariat services to the committee.

Meeting dates

• Monday, 13 March 2023
• Tuesday, 18 July 2023
• Thursday 12 October 2023

Community members can provide input into the committee meetings through consumer representatives and by nominating an item of their interest for the agenda.

Communiques with updates on key meeting outcomes will be published following each meeting.

Committee members

The WA SHaBBVAC includes representatives from the following agencies/organisations:

• Aboriginal Health (WA DoH)
• Aboriginal Health Council of WA
• Australian Government Department of Health
• East Metropolitan Health Service
• Health Consumers' Council
• Hepatitis WA
• Magenta
• Mental Health Commission
• North Metropolitan Health Service
• Peer Based Harm Reduction WA
• Sexuality Education Counselling and Consultancy Agency (SECCA)
• Sexual Health Quarters
• Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Applied Research and Evaluation Network (SiREN), Curtin University
• South Metropolitan Health Service
• WAAC
• WA Country Health Service
• WA Department of Justice
• WA Network Alcohol and Drug Agencies
• WA Primary Health Alliance
• Youth Affairs Council WA.

Consumer representatives

• Kerry Anne Elder
• Mark Reid
• Diane Lloyd

Chairperson

• Dr Belinda Wozencroft, Practice Principal – View St Medical Practice

Deputy Chairperson

• Professor Martyn French

Terms of reference

WA SHaBBVAC Terms of reference (PDF 144KB)