The new, extremely effective Direct acting Antivirals (DAA) have been available and subsidised in Australia since earlier this year. The Kirby Institute is currently recruiting for a study called CEASE which has been designed to eliminate hepatitis C amongst people living with HIV in Australia. People […]
The ongoing PARTNER study has recently published research which adds important data to our knowledge about preventing HIV transmission. This study included 1166 serodifferent couples (548 were heterosexual) where the positive partner was on effective antiretroviral treatment (ART) with suppressed viral load and who also reported sex without a […]
TORQUE is a new program from Positive Life NSW for people who have just been diagnosed with HIV. It is a two hour monthly evening program for people to talk about their diagnosis, ask questions, get connected with services and meet others going through the same […]
In Australia about 15% of people diagnosed with HIV report heterosexual transmission. We know that almost half of this group are diagnosed with HIV late which means there is a high rate of men and women who do not know they have contracted HIV. The […]
Some people may have already read Josh Middleton’s website blog PozitiveHope My journey with HIV. Unfortunately we don’t read or hear much from a heterosexual male’s perspective so let’s hope this is the beginning. Josh is an American straight man who started a website which includes different blogs about living with HIV as a straight man. (more…)
