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What is safe sex now? Does it include undetectable viral load and PrEP?

Treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) provide new ways to safely avoid HIV, but this poses challenges to the ways in which communities understand and practice ‘safe sex’, Martin Holt of the University of New South Wales told a public …

What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)? How does it apply to PLHIV?

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a new commonwealth support program for people under 65yo with a permanent disability impairment that affects activities of functional daily living. The program is now being progressively rolled out across Australian states and territories, …

Oral Health (Dental Access) Fact Sheet

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Aged Care Reforms – Increasing choice in home care

As the HIV-positive population ages through the life-extending benefits of HIV treatments, age-related illness will (and already have) become an increasing concern, such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, bone density loss, and some cancers. Alongside of this medication and treatment …

RAPID’s GeneXpert trial Update

We are pleased to provide an update regarding the commencement of RAPID’s revolutionary STI testing project using GeneXpert technology, as announced by QPP in November 2016. The research pilot, involving partners from QPP, the University of Queensland School of Public Health, …

Increase in Pbs Prescription Co-Payments and Safety Net Thresholds From 01 January, 2017

On 01 January 2017 the annual increase to the cost of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) co-payments for medicines (treatments), and the PBS Safety Net Thresholds, came into effect, as follows: 2016 2017 PBS Co-payment Increase General Patients $38.30 $38.80 $0.50 cents …