A Dried Blood Spot (DBS) test is a free, convenient, effective and confidential HIV test you can do at home.
HIV is now a manageable health condition. The first step to living a healthy life with HIV is to get tested.
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An undetectable viral load shows that HIV treatment is working well and that there […]
The next Pozhet Drop-In will be held on Wednesday 1st February from 2-4pm, at […]
December 1st is World AIDS Day, a day to show support for people living with […]
The new, extremely effective Direct acting Antivirals (DAA) have been available and subsidised in […]
Although numbers of children living with HIV in Australia are small there are anecdotal reports that adolescents transitioning to adult HIV care can face many hurdles and often have difficulties adhering to treatments. Once an HIV positive adolescent turns 18 they are no longer able to access many of the supports they had as children and may not easily fit into the support provided around HIV positive adults.
As there is little data about outcomes for children transitioning to adult HIV care, Dutch researchers designed a study which looked at 59 people who entered HIV care as children and then transitioned into adult care. The investigators collected data on factors associated with adverse outcomes after transition. (more…)
