It seems an uncanny coincidence that the International Day for Eliminating Violence against Women and World AIDS Day are only a few days apart. When looking at the inextricable link between violence against women and HIV/AIDS, this ‘uncanny coincidence’ begins to …
Earlier this year the Federal Minister for Health, The Hon. Peter Dutton, announced from 1 July 2015, people living with HIV (PLHIV) will be able to obtain their HIV antiretroviral treatments from community pharmacies. This significant and welcome change will see …
Every day our inboxes, screens and radio waves are flooded with messages and information. For the most part, this information is helpful but sometimes it can be highly destructive. Through the delivery process, information is packaged, formulated and shipped out by …
We know that living with HIV can bring about some challenges and some decisions to be made along the way. One of those decisions is about HIV antiretroviral treatment. Whilst HIV treatment has unequivocally been shown to be the only way …
How is my personal information protected from onward disclosure or abuse? This question rings true for PLHIV, especially about the protection of HIV status. A common misconception is that there are many robust legal mechanisms that can address wrongful, careless or …
A common question asked by community members is about the risk of HIV from oral sex. To put it as simply as possible, there is much less risk in oral sex as there is for anal or vaginal sex, but it …
This is an adaptation of an article written by Jesse Hooper that was submitted and included in the NAPWHA special publication “Through our eyes” marking the 30 year history of HIV in Australia. I reflect on those that came before us. …
The 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS2014) held in Melbourne this year called for countries to work together towards the latest target of “90-90-90” including the reach of antiretroviral therapy to 20 million people by 2020. Therefore, it was not surprising that AIDS2014 …
While men who have sex with men (MSM) account for the largest percentage of new HIV diagnoses in Queensland every year, the number of women being diagnosed is also increasing. Between 2000 and 2010 in Australia, the number of females living …
A cure for HIV is something that attracts widespread attention from the media, from people living with HIV, scientists and the broader community. At the 2014 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne Francoise Barre Sinoussi, President of the International AIDS Society (IAS) …
Queensland Positive People acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the many lands and waters upon which we work and live, paying particular respect to the Turrbal and Jagera peoples of Meanjin upon which our Manilla and Ann Street offices are based.
We recognise that this land is unceded and has always been under First Nations custodianship. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to future community leaders. QPP also acknowledges the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people hold in the communities we work alongside, and also acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who access our service and website.
