Dash Heath-Paynter
CEO of Health Equity Matters
Australia
Dash Heath-Paynter (he / him) is the CEO of Health Equity Matters. Health Equity Matters leads Australia’s community-controlled response to HIV as the sector’s peak body. The organization delivers programming to build the capacity of its member organizations across Australia and through implementing partners in Asia and the Pacific to support efforts to meet local and international targets to virtually eliminate HIV transmission. Dash’s professional background includes more than fifteen years’ experience working as a lawyer, and in public health policy providing advice on human rights and preventative health focusing on health technology and systems strengthening, cancer control, sexual health, HIV/AIDS, and other blood borne viruses. He is based in Sydney, Australia.