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How True Is Your Bedroom Talk?

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 …

Un-detectable Un-transmissible Un-ambiguously…

For many years it’s been know that effective HIV treatment reduces or lowers the risk of sexual transmission of HIV. By how much, is now more certain, poignantly in the absence of condom use. Previous landmark studies (namely HPTN052) measured the …

Major PBS Barrier to HIV Treatment Lifted

National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) Media Release Tuesday 1 April 2014 Changes to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescribing rules for HIV drugs, effective from today, will allow all Australians with HIV to start treatment as early as they …

The International Political What? And what has that got to do with Melbourne?

We have an enormous and significant 2 years for our community and HIV sector with Melbourne holding the International World Aids Conference (IAC) in July this year, the pending launch of our National HIV strategy and 2015 being the deadline for …

(De)CRIMINALISING transmission: The preference of public health approaches

“In addition to HIV, a new virus had been detected that was sweeping the world. It was HIL. Highly ineffective laws” These were the words declared by Michael Kirby (who would be later appointed as an Australian High Court Justice) at …

HIV Prevention With Us, Not to Us

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 …