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HIV Testing Services for Regional Queensland

Queensland is a big State with a greatly dispursed population, which makes it a big challenge to ensure all Queenslanders have equitable access to the health care system. In regional and remote areas, it is also a challenge to maintain skilled …

Not in bed! Challenging stigma by banning blame in the bedroom

If there is one ultimate, undeniable truth about HIV; is that it is complicated. There is no denying that. However, HIV stigma is the one challenge that permeates all aspects of HIV and is arguably the most difficult. We have written …

Resilience

As a HIV positive person, I’m all too aware of the rejection that often comes with disclosure. Thanks to the stigma and discrimination which is still to entrenched and festering throughout our society, fear of rejection seems prevalent whenever we disclose; …

Red and White Together: Violence against Women and HIV

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 …

Get Ready for HIV Meds at Your Local Chemist

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 …

THE FEAR EPIDEMIC: HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS, HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE

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 …