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1987

Australia launches a national AIDS education campaign (with its striking Grim Reaper imagery) and effectively raises awareness and ignites conversations about the AIDS epidemic. Unlike the abstinence-driven approaches of many countries, Australia embraces a prevention model. Youth Projects is instrumental in this strategy, running a Needle Syringe Program (NSP) and creating educational materials to help the local community prevent blood-borne viruses and other transmissible diseases.