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QPP is continuously involved in research, projects and developing information that can help people live well with HIV in Queensland. Read the latest updates here.
The Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) and Queensland Positive People (QPP) are collaborating to create a second phase of a Queensland syphilis campaign named Let’s Treat Syphilis. We have developed this short survey to engage with trans men and trans masculine people …
Now that PrEP is available on the PBS, any GP can prescribe it! You don’t have to find an s100 provider or go to a sexual health clinic for your script. If you, your partner or a friend are interested in …
In daily living, it is so easy to get overwhelmed with expectations of what you should be doing…that you end up doing nothing. “I should workout five times a week for at least 30 minutes…but that’s overwhelming, so I won’t work …
Everyone should know about PEP, but knowledge of it is unfortunately quite low. PEP stands for Post Exposure Prophylaxis and it is a four week course of treatment that may prevent the acquisition of HIV after a high risk exposure. Common …
We are always reading about HIV and what we can do to help prevent transmission, but do we really need to listen? In Australia, it is estimated that there are up to 35,000 people living with HIV, of these people, just …
As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island/First Nation people of Australia we still continue to face major challenges and barriers from mainstream society and also within our own communities. This is especially true for Indigenous people living with HIV (PLHIV). From the …
In last week’s blog, the Health Promotion & Treatments Officer discussed the PARTNER Study, where interim findings show zero sexual transmissions of HIV with 767 couples over a 2 year period. This is beginning to resurface a debate that has circulated …
Looking for sex online is part of the norm now for a growing number of people. Gay men in particular use apps like Grindr to chat to guys and quickly organise random hook ups – quick sex is never far away. …
In 1994, the principle of Greater Involvement of People with HIV/AIDS (GIPA) was created by the United Nations, and this was later amended to the Meaningful Involvement of People with HIV/AIDS (MIPA). The purpose of this principle is to empower people …
The role of treatment in the prevention of HIV has become known as Treatment as Prevention.
