Nightmare journey for woman deliberately infected with HIV

"It's just..."

For a full five seconds the words hang in the spring sunshine as the woman tries to convey in words something few of us can even imagine.

"It's like an attempt against your life.

Stepping up the Pace : 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) Theme Selected

Stepping up the Pace has been selected as the theme for AIDS 2014, the upcoming 20th International AIDS Conference, to be held in Melbourne, Australia, from 20 – 25 July 2014.

Ending HIV campaign launches in Victoria

Victorian AIDS Council / Gay Men’s Health Centre (VAC/GMHC) and Living Positive Victoria (LPV) have joined forces to launch Ending HIV: a campaign designed to engage, motivate and reinvigorate efforts to end the transmissions of HIV, in Victoria.

HIV Almost Triples Chance of Anal Cancer Precursor in Australian Men

HIV-positive men had almost a tripled chance of progression to grade 3 anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) compared with HIV-negative men in a 574-person analysis. Lower nadir CD4 count made progression to grade 3 AIN even more likely.

 

New HIV strategy for Queensland

The Queensland Government aims to reduce HIV transmissions in the state by 50% by the end of 2016 through measures set out in the Queensland HIV Strategy 2013-2015.

The Strategy, which was launched in Townsville by Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg, was developed in consultation with Queensland's Ministerial Advisory Committee on HV/AIDS (MAC).

New Australian commentary on US HIV treatment guidelines

The latest commentary to help doctors prescribe HIV antiretroviral treatments in Australia is now available on the new Antiretroviral (ARV) Guidelines website, arv.ashm.org.au.

The commentary on the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) 'Guidelines for the use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents' is updated each year by a sub-committee of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM).

South Australian HIV Services Guide

Following the closure of The AIDS Council of South Australia (ACSA), AFAO, with assistance from the STI & BBV Section, SA Health, has compiled this brief guide to HIV-related services currently available in South Australia.

The document outlines services including the PEP hotline, HIV and STI testing services, care and support services for people with HIV, HIV respite care services, advocacy services and clinical services. 

Australia - $25m to stem rise in HIV

The Rudd government will this week outline a $25 million strategy to tackle sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, which is on the rise for the first time in five years.

HIV diagnoses in Australia increased 8.2 per cent from 2010 to 2011, the most recent period for which national data is available. Data for NSW released last month showed a 24 per cent increase in diagnoses between 2011 and 2012.