#295 'The Road to Zero HIV: 40 Years of Advocacy', Liz Gibbs, CEO, Burnett Foundation
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Liz Gibbs discusses the Burnett Foundation's mission to eliminate HIV transmission in New Zealand and reflects on her advocacy journey.
Welcoming Liz Gibbs, CEO Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, to Purposely Podcast. Burnett Foundation is the organisation on a mission to get New Zealand to zero HIV transmission by 2030, while ensuring LGBTQ+ communities have the best possible health and wellbeing. The conversation starts with the foundation's origin story. Formerly the New Zealand AIDS Foundation, it was set up 40 years ago by three men, including Bruce Burnett, a New Zealander who returned home from San Francisco with HIV and chose to travel the length of the country talking openly about the epidemic at a time when almost nobody else would. His advocacy, and the work that followed, has saved lives and helped shape New Zealand's response to HIV ever since. Liz talks about where New Zealand sits globally, doing comparatively well with around 95 locally acquired cases in 2024, but still around 15 years behind best practice when it comes to access to modern medication. She covers the science behind U equals U, undetectable equals untransmittable, and the gap between what the evidence says and what the law still allows, including current criminalisation settings around disclosure. Liz reflects on growing up in a household…
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