Australia - indigenous communities

Date established	2004
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	Marie Stopes International Australia
Contact details	Marie Stopes International Australia GPO Box 1635 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Telephone: +613 9654 7771 Fax +613 9654 7774 Email: info@mariestopes.org.au snake.shop@mariestopes.org.au www.snakecondoms.org.au www.mariestopes.org.au

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Highlights

continue to support the demand for SNAKE within the Australian Aboriginal Community
we have built capacity of Aboriginal health workers.

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)	approx 517,000
Impact of SNAKE since launch	611,835 condoms distributed
Indigenous communities and organisations engaged	306
In 2009 Chlamydia was recorded at rates that were three times higher and Gonorrhoea at rates that were 26 times than non-Indigenous populations. (Source: Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: Surveillance and Evaluation Report 2010. National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinic Research 2010.

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MSI future plans

continue to roll-out the SNAKE toolkit nationally
conduct sex education sessions with young people

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