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  • HIV+ migrant inquiry HIV+ migrant inquiry

    Some of the nation’s peak AIDS bodies have used an inquiry into migration by disabled people to lobby for reform of rules affecting immigrants with HIV. In 2008, Immigration Minister Chris ... Read more

    Tue March 9th, 2010 - 4 Comments

  • Mercury’s partner dies Mercury’s partner dies

    The Irish partner of the late Freddie Mercury died on New Year’s Day and was laid to rest yesterday, the Irish Independent reports. Jim Hutton, who also worked as a hairdresser ... Read more

    Thu January 7th, 2010 - 4 Comments

  • New pill simplifies HIV patient treatment New pill simplifies HIV patient treatment

    A new antiretroviral treatment currently available in Europe and North America will be available in Australia from January 1, combining three existing medicines in one tablet. ATRIPLA — which controls HIV ... Read more

    Tue December 22nd, 2009 - 7 Comments

  • Aid grants tackle gay HIV spread Aid grants tackle gay HIV spread

    A peak national HIV organisation has welcomed a $3 million AusAID grant to tackle the spread of HIV in men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) in the Asia Pacific region but said it’s not ... Read more

    Tue December 15th, 2009 - No Comments

  • Gauging HIV stigma Gauging HIV stigma

    An online questionnaire of attitudes towards HIV has been established. The Barometer Survey, a joint project of the National Centre of HIV Social Research (NCHSR) at the University of NSW ... Read more

    Tue December 15th, 2009 - No Comments

  • A positive step abroad A positive step abroad

    A social networking site for HIV-positive gay men and transgender people living in Asia is set to launch in mid-2010. PositiveVoices.net will allow people living with HIV to share their experience ... Read more

    Tue December 15th, 2009 - No Comments

  • HIV spread alarming HIV spread alarming

    Two hundred gay and bisexual men are being infected with HIV every day in the Asia Pacific region, a figure which should be ringing alarm bells with the Australian government, ... Read more

    Tue August 11th, 2009 - 8 Comments

  • A macabre little mook A macabre little mook

    Trust the Japanese -” those masters of cute compactness -” to invent the -˜mook', a tidy little publication essentially halfway between a magazine and a book. Melbourne independent publishing house ... Read more

    Wed February 25th, 2009 - No Comments

  • False perceptions hinder acceptance False perceptions hinder acceptance

    On World AIDS Day 2007, Hong Kong-based activist, Kenneth Cheung held a sign in Causeway Bay that read, Free hugs for HIV/AIDS. Through a megaphone, Cheung explained that he was ... Read more

    Wed December 3rd, 2008 - 2 Comments

  • World AIDS Day takes on new focus World AIDS Day takes on new focus

    This year's World AIDS Day campaign, December 1, is set to take a new, grand scale approach to engaging the public, thanks to a new level of cooperation between the ... Read more

    Wed October 15th, 2008 - 5 Comments

  • Glam Reaper returns Glam Reaper returns

    ACON launched the second wave of its Glam Reaper campaign this week, just in time for Sleaze Ball. ACON CEO Stevie Clayton said while the original campaign had a profound impact ... Read more

    Thu September 25th, 2008 - 15 Comments

  • AIDS sector slams drop in funding AIDS sector slams drop in funding

    The government must provide a stronger commitment to the national HIV response if we are to stop the ongoing rise in new infections, Australia's peak HIV organisations have said. AFAO and ... Read more

    Wed September 17th, 2008 - 1 Comment

  • It just gets better with age It just gets better with age

    by STEVE OSTROW Mature Age Gays I announced the date, 16 September 1991, for the first meeting of what I called MAG, the Mature Age Gay Men's Group, in my regular article ... Read more

    Wed September 17th, 2008 - No Comments

  • Has HIV impacted on you? Has HIV impacted on you?

    The AIDS Trust of Australia still needs extras for its new national television campaign for World AIDS Day on 1 December. The public service announcements on TV, in magazines and online ... Read more

    Wed September 17th, 2008 - 4 Comments

  • Abacavir findings still inconclusive Abacavir findings still inconclusive

    The side effects associated with the HIV drug Abacavir have once again come into question as researchers announce contradictory findings. In January this year it was announced Abacavir, a widely used ... Read more

    Wed August 20th, 2008 - No Comments

  • Circumcision’s HIV protection bottoms out Circumcision’s HIV protection bottoms out

    Gay men considering adult circumcision to reduce the risk of HIV infection could end up being bottoms, suffer sexual dysfunction, and gain no benefit at all, new Australian research suggests. Dr ... Read more

    Thu August 14th, 2008 - 9 Comments

  • Aussie HIV expertise -˜wasted’ Aussie HIV expertise -˜wasted’

    Dozens of Asian cities on the cusp of an HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men are missing out on Australia's unmatched expertise because of an arrangement with ... Read more

    Wed August 13th, 2008 - No Comments

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