More than 70% of health workers reported psychological distress, with high rates of depression, anxiety and insomnia. [1] The unpredictability and testing nature of the pandemic has impacted their health and wellbeing, particularly for those looking after others as part of their job. In a […]
HIV Futures 10 is a survey about the quality of life of people living with HIV in Australia. This is a survey about the health, treatments, work, finances, sex, and relationships of people living with HIV; it is the most influential and important study of […]
The recommencement of HIV and Hep C testing kicked off with a double community outreach event held on 17 March at Newtown Neighbourhood Centre and Common Ground (social housing run by Mission Australia). These events coincided with the ‘Hep Cured Mobile Mural’, a hepatitis C […]
Older Australians and people at the highest risk of severe disease will be able to get a fourth COVID-19 vaccine ahead of winter. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) announced this recommendation on 25 March. As well as including 43 million Australians aged […]
Pozhet (Heterosexual HIV Service) and the Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service (MHAHS) have partnered to develop a short animation that aims to increase the community’s awareness that HIV is a manageable condition, and to debunk myths about how HIV is transmitted. The animation shows that […]
