Positive Life SA Inc

Positive Life SA Inc evolved out of a series of community meetings held by HIV positive community members and was incorporated on 26 April 1995. The organisation thus became an independent voice for HIV positive people in South Australia to ensure that their lived experiences directed the provision of effective health and wellbeing support services and activities.

As a peer driven organisation, Positive Life SA is led by a community elected HIV positive Board of Management and has grown from modest beginnings to become an integral provider of information, advocacy, and support to positive people across the South Australia.

Since July 2009, Positive Life SA has been re-orientating its service provision from individual client case management to a ‘population health promotion’ approach involving the delivery of lifestyle engagement and change management  programs that build HIV+ people’s capacity for self management and increased quality of life.

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Positive Life SA  adheres to the keystone principles and practices of the Ottawa Charter (1986) and Jakarta Declaration (1997), and actively works to balance the wishes and needs of individuals with the longer term issues affecting the wellbeing, longevity and quality of life of all positive people.

Additionally, Positive Life SA is committed to the principles underpinning the ‘GIPA’ (Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV; UN 1994) and actively seeks to involve and sustain HIV positive people across all aspects of the organisation.