In the latest edition of HIV Australia, contributors discuss how health promotion and health management systems are adapting to changing digital environments and the increasing socialisation of the web.

Also in this issue: comment on the defunding of Healthy Communities and on treatment as prevention.

The 14th International AIDS Conference takes place in Washington DC 22-27 July. AFAO will bring you news & views from the conference and satellite events via guest bloggers on the  'AFAO talks' blog, selected  webcasts and photos on our website, and breaking news & alerts on Facebook and our News pages.

In a shock announcement on 20 May, Qld Health Minister Lawrence Sprinborg slashed over $2.5 million in grants from the Queensland Association for Health Communties - Queensland's only LGBT health and wellbeing organisation and an AFAO member.

Find out more about the cuts and Healthy Communities' plans at qahc.org.au and links to blogosphere commentary on AFAO's blog.

On May 30, delegates at the National Gay Men's HIV Health Promotion Conference unanimously passed a Resolution on the breakdown of the Queensland HIV Partnership Response.

The Policy & Communications Team has had a few busy months developing a number of submissions including: the National Human Rights Action Plan (exposure draft) and the Draft National Tobacco Strategy. You can see all our submissions in the AFAO Library.

The Communiqué endorsed at the AFAO/NAPWA HIV, Criminal Law & Public Health Forum in September 2011 and the 2012-13 Federal Budget Briefing are now also online.

This booklet reports on the activities of the AFAO International Small Grants Program. To date the program has supported 32 projects in several countries, with a focus on the Asia Pacific region, and more specifically on South East Asia and Papua New Guinea. Download Report