Australia - indigenous communities

Date established	2001
Contact details	Marie Stopes Australia P.O. Box 6308 St Kilda Road Central Melbourne Victoria 8008 Australia Telephone: + 61 395 25 2411 Email: info@mariestopes.org.au
Services offered	Social marketing; young people
Number of clinics	N/A
Outreach / mobile services	Yes
Social marketing products & services	Condoms: Snake
Major partners	Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation( VACCHO)
Major donors	Victorian Department of Human Services; the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health ( OATSHIS); The R.E. Ross Trust

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Highlights

launched 1st condom – Snake - aimed at the Aboriginal market
training of Aboriginal young parents in ‘Telling it like it is’ toolkit about teenage pregnancy and prevention of STIs – parents then go into secondary schools with a high Aboriginal intake to talk to young people
Snakefest – a number of events promoting safer sex and Snake condoms
training of Aboriginal health workers about sexual and reproductive health issues
Snake condoms promoted nationally on radio and in Aboriginal and Torres Island Islander newspapers

Future plans

national roll out of Snake condoms
develop a Snake condom toolkit CD Rom about STIs and other sexual and reproductive health issues for Aboriginal health workers who in turn train Snake charmers (peer sellers)
nationwide distribution of Telling it like it is toolkit
film a documentary / advertisement promoting Snake condoms

Key statistics for Indigenous Australia
Source: Australian Government, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: The Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2005
Total population (millions)	0.409
Total fertility rate	2.15
Life expectancy (M / F)	59 / 65

Key statistics for all Australia
Source: UNFPA State of world population 2007
Total population (millions) (2007)	20.6
Average population growth rate (%) (2005 - 2010)	1.0
Projected population (millions) (2050)	27.9
Life expectancy (M / F)	78.4 / 83.4
Total fertility rate (2007)	1.75
% contraceptive prevalence: any method	76
% contraceptive prevalence: modern methods	72
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	13
% births with skills attendants	99
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	8
Infant mortality total per 1,000 live births	5
Under 5 mortality (M / F)	6 5
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-49) M / F	0.3/ <0.1
Health expenditure public (% of GNP)	6.4