Posts tagged HIV prevention

When World AIDS Day was first held in 1988, it was a time of adversity, devastation and grief. Our communities were engulfed by the HIV …

Instagram is banning advertisements targeting gay and bi men for the HIV preventative medication pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on account of being ‘too political.’ The popular …

A PrEP advocate has said it’s important for people to work out whether PrEP is the right tool for them.

While there has been a decline in rates among Australian-born men, rates among overseas-born men have slightly increased.

The US government wants to eliminate HIV transmission within a decade.

“[We] would like to see the Berejiklian Government look at ways to get the message to overseas-born men.”

New research shows that higher STI rates among Victorian PrEP trial participants were a result of more frequent testing, more casual partners, and more group sex – but not reduced condom use.

“This package is the greatest boost to resources we have seen in two decades and allows us to accelerate the end of HIV transmission.”

ASHM has highlighted Australia’s guidelines around on-demand PrEP while Thorne Harbour Health has released a video explaining the prevention strategy, following the recent HIV diagnosis of PrEP advocate Steve Spencer.

“To alleviate the concerns of PrEP users, there have only been several recorded cases of seroconversions while on PrEP out of the approximately 450,000 people using this preventative strategy, globally.”