ACIPC Membership Categories and Fees 2018 / 2019
Membership prices
| Membership Type | Price AUD |
| Australian full member | $180 |
| Australian post-graduate | $85 |
| Australian undergraduate | $54 |
| Australian retired | $54 |
| International member | $160 |
| LMI Country member | $35 |
Membership Descriptions
Full Membership
Full membership is granted to any person who has an interest in the field of infection control. They shall have full voting rights and shall be eligible to hold office.
Retired
The retired membership category is for those members over the age of 65 yrs who have retired from full time or part time work but wish to continue being up to date with the latest information. They shall not have voting rights and shall not be eligible to hold office.
Undergraduate Student
Undergraduate student membership is available to any full time student in any discipline. Membership will be for 12 months or until date of graduation whichever comes sooner. Application for admission as a student must be accompanied by evidence of student enrolment. Student members will receive all benefits of membership with ACIPC, however they shall not have voting rights and shall not be eligible to hold office.
Postgraduate Student
Postgraduate student membership is available to any full time or part time student studying a postgraduate infection control course or equivalent as would be recognised for the purposes of ACIPC credentialing. Membership is available to new members only and will be until date of graduation. A new membership is defined as not having been a full member of ACIPC in the past 5 years. Application for admission as a student must be accompanied by evidence of student enrolment. Student members will receive all benefits of membership with ACIPC, however they shall not have voting rights and shall not be eligible to hold office.
International Member
Full membership is granted to any person in the Australasian region who has an interest in the field of infection control International members will receive all benefits of membership with ACIPC, however they shall not have voting rights and shall not be eligible to hold office.
Low or Low-middle Income Country
Low or low-middle country membership is granted to any person with an interest in infection prevention and control from a country as defined by the World Bank as a low or low-middle income economy (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications ). This membership will also include residents of any of the following countries or territories within Australasia as per the eligibility requirements for the ACIPC International Scholarship Program:
| · Cocos-Keeling Islands | · Cook Islands | · Fiji |
| · French Polynesia | · Kiribati | · Nauru |
| · New Caledonia | · Niue | · Papua New Guinea |
| · Pitcairn Islands | · Solomon Islands | · Tokelau |
| · Tonga | · Tuvalu | · Vanuatu |
| · Wallis & Futuna | · Western Samoa |
They shall not have voting rights and shall not be eligible to hold office.
The World Bank Classification of Economies
Economies are currently divided into four income groupings: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high, based on the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita. These thresholds are updated annually at the beginning of the World Bank’s fiscal year (i.e., July 1), with an adjustment for inflation. Income thresholds are as indicated below.
| Income grouping | GNI per capita (US dollars) |
| Low | ≤ $1,025 |
| Lower-middle | $1,026 – $4,035 |
| Upper-middle | $4,036 – $12,475 |
| High | ≥ $12,476 |
List of economies defined as low income or low-middle income by the World Bank as at July 2016.
| Economy | Region | Income group |
| Afghanistan | South Asia | Low income |
| Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Lower middle income |
| Bangladesh | South Asia | Lower middle income |
| Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Bhutan | South Asia | Lower middle income |
| Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Lower middle income |
| Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Congo, Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Djibouti | Middle East & North Africa | Lower middle income |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Lower middle income |
| El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Lower middle income |
| Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | Lower middle income |
| Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | Low income |
| Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | Lower middle income |
| India | South Asia | Lower middle income |
| Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. | East Asia & Pacific | Low income |
| Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | Lower middle income |
| Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Lower middle income |
| Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Lower middle income |
| Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Lower middle income |
| Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Nepal | South Asia | Low income |
| Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Lower middle income |
| Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Pakistan | South Asia | Lower middle income |
| Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| São Tomé and Principe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Sri Lanka | South Asia | Lower middle income |
| Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Swaziland | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Middle East & North Africa | Lower middle income |
| Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Lower middle income |
| Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Tunisia | Middle East & North Africa | Lower middle income |
| Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
| Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Lower middle income |
| Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Lower middle income |
| Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Lower middle income |
| West Bank and Gaza | Middle East & North Africa | Lower middle income |
| Yemen, Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Lower middle income |
| Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Lower middle income |
| Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Low income |
