Please fill in the survey now at www.hivfutures.org.auHIV Futures 9 is a survey about the health and wellbeing of PLHIV. We are keen to hear from PLHIV all over Australia – men, women and trans* people, heterosexual, gay and bisexual people.HIV Futures is an important project. It provides information to help governments, clinical services and community groups plan programs and policy.You can fill in the... Read more
Category Archives: Latest News
Media Release: Queensland Positive People appoints new CEO
MEDIA RELEASE13 May 2019Queensland Positive People appoints new CEOQueensland Positive People (QPP) is delighted to announce the appointment of public health HIV expert Melissa Warner as our new Chief Executive Officer. Ms Warner has over 20 years’ HIV clinical and program delivery experience gained from diverse roles within NGOs, government organisations and clinical settings in Australia, UK and Asia. ... Read more
Positive Living Development Institute Workshop Scholarships
Applications are now open for the next Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) Australia and New Zealand workshop.If you're living with HIV this workshop will challenge, encourage and build you into becoming a stronger leader in your community.“As a long term advocate, attending the PLDI workshop was an unexpected highlight. I had the valuable opportunity to be reminded of the power of peer networking... Read more
Information for General Practitioners about HIV and QPP services
Helpful information from The Australian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) and Queensland Positive People (QPP) on HIV and Queensland-based services for people living with HIV (PLHIV), and patient referral information.
MEDIA RELEASE: “Disclosing your HIV status” guide launched in Queensland!
Queensland Positive People (QPP) is proud to announce the launch of “Disclosing your HIV status”, a guide for Queensland people living with HIV (PLHIV) to navigate legal issues and disclosure.The guide has been prepared by the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) in partnership with QPP. The booklet aims to be used as an empowerment resource for PLHIV containing the most up-to-date and accurate information (as at June... Read more
PrEP Letter for GPs
Now that PrEP is available on the PBS, any GP can prescribe it! You don’t have to find an s100 prescriber or go to a sexual health clinic for your script. If you, your partner or a friend are interested in accessing PrEP, you can print the letter below and take to your usual GP so that they can be confident that they are prescribing PrEP correctly. This letter provides information on testing, how to prescribe PrEP and where to access PrEP.
Breaking News: My Health Record factsheet for PLHIV
My Health Record (MHR) is a centralised digital database housing an individual’s health information. The information can be accessed by the individual, selected healthcare providers and various other participants in the MHR system. From 16 July 2018, the MHR scheme will transition from being ‘opt-in’ to ‘opt-out’, meaning unless an individual chooses not to participate in the scheme, an MHR account will automatically be created for them.
The fact sheet, produced by the National Association of People living with HIV Australia, has produced this factsheet to inform us of the pros and cons of My Health Record and to let PLHIV in Australia know what this will mean for us.
Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference 2017
QPP are always finding ways to upskill our staff in order to keep our service provision as up-to-date and high quality as possible. Earlier in November, QPP sent staff members to ASHM’s HIV/AIDS conference to learn about how the HIV sector is going in Australia, Asia and the Pacific region. Here is what a few of our staff had to say about the conference…MichaelThe ASHM symposium was little overwhelming, to be... Read more
Finding Emotional and Mental Wellbeing
Emotional and mental wellbeing is an important aspect of living well with HIV. There may be many aspects of our emotional and mental health make-up that all converge together (sometimes not at the same time) that will determine if we are having a good day, a good week, or a good life, such that we may be generally happy, well and content. Often too, our emotional and mental wellbeing may also be linked to physical... Read more
Dolutegravir monotherapy fails to maintain viral suppression, but studies are ongoing for dolutegravir dual (2 drug) therapy
Image: ViiV HealthcareDolutegravir used alone without other antiretrovirals was unable to keep viral load suppressed in some people who switched from a standard 3-drug combination regimen, according to research presented at the 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) last month in Seattle. But evidence continues to show that dolutegravir plus a single other drug can work well as... Read more
