On Saturday March 8 Pozhet held a day for women living with HIV and women partners of positive men. It was a fun day, with tips on health and exercise and included a delicious healthy lunch! Dimi Harpas, an experienced Dietitian, gave a presentation about healthy eating…
The Albion Centre is running a series of workshops for positive people over the next few months. Topics are: depression, giving up cigarettes, sleeping better, stress, drugs and alcohol. For more information see the 2014 program.
At the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in March 2014, a team of European researchers presented some exciting interim results from the Partner Study.
The interim findings show that after 2 years there are no cases of HIV transmission between couples where the positive partner has a viral load under 200 copies/ml. This was the case regardless of the type of sex (eg anal or vaginal sex). (more…)
In late 2012 I suddenly became ill with a fever and body rash. In the December a blood test confirmed I had HIV. (more…)
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has decided to expand access to HIV antiretroviral medications to everyone who has HIV and is a resident of Australia. Up until recently in Australia, only those with more advanced HIV or symptoms could access subsidised HIV treatment. Evidence is […]
