On World AIDS Day 2019, The Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service launched a new multilingual HIV resource: HIV. What you need to know. Available in eight languages – English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese – this free booklet provides priority culturally and linguistically diverse communities with all the most up-to-date information […]
In their recent 2019 draft guidelines, the ASHM panel continues to recommend that daily PrEP should be available for all populations at risk of HIV which includes heterosexuals. The guidelines list criteria to determine PrEP suitability for heterosexuals includes: Condomless anal or vaginal sex with a partner who is not on treatment or is not […]
The Pozhet Retreat aims to improve the health outcomes and support networks for heterosexual people living with HIV and their partners by providing an opportunity to form connections with peers and with service providers. This year it was held on the weekend of the 25-27 October in Berry. We had 40 applications to the Pozhet […]
“For me, talking about it [HIV] is therapy.” – Sanaa, diagnosed with HIV in 2012 When she arrived in Australia from Zimbabwe in 2012, Sanaa begun forming hard, ball-shaped lumps in her underarms. Initially, she thought it was due to the deodorant she was using, but they turned out to be abscesses and quickly became […]
The Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service (MHAHS) HIV Client Support Program Since the early 1990s, the MHAHS has been providing support to people from CALD communities, who are living with HIV. The MHAHS HIV Client Support Program employs Cultural Support Workers (CSWs). Upon referral (from sexual health clinics, also HIV services, and self-referral), the service […]
