Category Archives: News and Info

Pozhet Retreat goes well!

Pozhet Workshop and Weekend Retreat Pozhet held our spring Retreat a few hours north of Sydney on the 17th – 19th November. Participants came from all over NSW to spend time together in a private rural setting, to make friends and to support each other. […]

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UK – harm reduction approach for breast feeding

Leading paediatrician, Dr Hermione Lyall of London told the British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference last week that although risk of HIV transmission when breast feeding was very low when viral load was supressed, there was not yet enough evidence to recommend “undetectable = untransmittable” (U=U).  Dr Lyall recommended taking a harm reduction approach for women who wanted to breastfeed. (more…)

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Pozhet Drop-In November 2017

The next Pozhet Drop-In will be held on Wednesday 1st November from 2-4pm, at Redfern Health Centre, 103 Redfern Street, Redfern For more information or to RSVP, call our Freecall number 1800 812 404 or email Pozhet on pozhet@pozhet.org.au, or just drop in. Free tea and coffee, […]

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Ageing and HIV

The most recent Aidsmap HIV update is available and can be read at http://www.aidsmap.com/page/3168552. There is a particularly interesting article about how people living with HIV who are over 50 define successful ageing. Canadian researchers interviewed 10 women and 14 men over an 18 month period and the key themes which […]

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