MISSION STATEMENT 

The AVN, publisher of Informed Voice magazine, is dedicated to the ideathat health can be achieved and maintained without the use ofpharmaceutical drugs and vaccines.

Our goal is to empower people everywhere to make informed health choices for their families and themselves.

We believe that good health comes from proper nutrition, exercise, aloving environment and family and the use of healing from manymodalities including allopathic medicine when it is called for.Information on all health options should be freely available inorder to enable truly informed choice on these issues.

The AVN was founded in 1994 by a group of parents and healthprofessionals who were concerned about protecting the rightsof Australians to make free and informed health choices. Since its inception, thisorganisation has been run on a volunteer-basis though it currently hastwo part-time employees who work in administration.

From the beginning, the AVN has believed that:

1. Both sides of every health issue should be freely available for anyone who is trying to make a decision. After all, the best health choices will always be informed choices.
2. Research into the benefits and risks of treatments and medical procedures should always be performed independent of those who hold a vested interest. Drug companies should not be funding safety and effectiveness studies any more than tobacco companies should be funding studies into the safety of cigarette smoking though currently, all research into drugs and vaccines is funded, in part or in total by the drug companies who will profit from their use.
3. All information about health issues and parenting should be presented in a format which makes it understandable to anyone who wishes to access it. Medical jargon has no place when it comes to helping people make the best choices for their families and for themselves. This is why the AVN established its magazine, Informed Voice - to give everyone who is searching for information on health and parenting an easily-understood and up-to-date source of essential information.

The AVN is a Charity Authority Holder (CFN11694).

We rely on the help and support of our members and subscribers tocontinue offering our services freely and without prejudice. Pleaseconsider helping us by subscribing to Informed Voice and joining as anAVN member.