Tag Archive | "VAC"

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Keeping safe, wherever sex happens

Sex happens in all sorts of places, many times in public spaces. Sixteen percent of men surveyed at the Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey [...]

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It’s that time again

Now that Christmas, New Year’s and Midsumma Carnival are over and done with, what else do we have to look forward to in 2012? [...]

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Well Well Well

A message to you all — thank you! It might seem a little early to say thank you, I mean it’s only the day [...]

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Big drop in Vic HIV rates

Victoria has seen a 13 percent drop in HIV notifications, Health Department figures show. The latest data from the Victorian Infectious Diseases Bulletin show [...]

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VicBears call for nominations

VicBears is calling for committee nominations ahead of its annual general meeting (AGM) at the end of next month. Fresh from the success of [...]

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Tremor of an epidemic

The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) published a report on June 4, 1981 which has gone down in history as the first published [...]

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VAC – Body image 101 for the guys

Since the 1980s there has been increasing use of the sexualised male body to sell an aspirational image — ‘look like this and have [...]

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PEP and testing

Recently a friend told me he had to go on PEP. PEP stands for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and is a course of anti-HIV medication that [...]

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Hep C cluster found in Melbourne

Community health organisations have expressed concern at a cluster of hepatitis C diagnoses among HIV-positive gay men in Melbourne. Monitoring by the Victorian Department [...]

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Who are you?

Staying Negative is an exciting health promotion campaign that uses members of the community to promote health. This is an opportunity for you to [...]

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