Australia - indigenous communities

Date established	2001
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
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

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Highlights

signed two SNAKE Ambassadors: Dean Rioli (ex AFL Sportman) and Nikki Ashby (hip hop artist)
SNAKE condoms rolled out nationally and promoted on radio and in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander newspapers
developed a SNAKE Toolkit CD-rom, about STIs and other sexual and reproductive health issues, for Aboriginal Health Workers who in turn train people within their own communities
trained Aboriginal Health Workers about Sexual & Reproductive health issues
SNAKEfest – a number of events promoting safer sex and 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

train Aboriginal Health Workers with SNAKE Toolkit nationally
develop a SNAKE Newsletter for distribution nationally, to both Indigenous & non-Indigenous communities
SNAKEfest to be run nationally by Indigenous Communities
produce film, play or documentary promoting SNAKE Condoms.

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