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The Blood-Borne Virus Awareness Program (BBVAware) is free, run by Anglicare Tasmania and supported by the Crown through the Department of Health Tasmania.
BBVAware aims to reduce stigma in the community associated with blood-borne viruses (BBVs) by providing information, front-line staff training and Needle and Syringe Programs.
A blood-borne virus (BBV) is a virus that is transmitted from one person to another through blood or body fluids that contain blood. This includes sexual activity, sharing of needles or other injecting equipment and body art such as tattoos.
The top 3 blood-borne viruses in Australia are*:
*As cited by theĀ Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM).
For more information on how BBVs are contracted and how to prevent them from being spread to others follow the link appropriate to you.
The Blood-Borne Awareness Program provides education and information sessions to the community around all aspects of blood-borne viruses (BBVs).
Training can be tailored to the individual or organisational need and delivered either in-person or online.
The sessions cover:
Following the training session, participants will have a better understanding and awareness of: