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HIV: treatment as prevention working
A record high of more than 90% of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men are achieving an undetectable viral load thanks to antiretroviral treatment UNSW researchers have recorded an “encouraging” major …
‘We need community services to stay in the hands of the community.’
Several patient stakeholder groups have made submissions to the Queensland pharmacy inquiry—and none support ownership deregulation Instead, there is significant support for the current ownership model, as well as an …
PrEP listing brings HIV goal closer
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is to be listed on the PBS from 1 April, Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced The preventative medicine tenofovir disoproxil fumarate with emtricitabine, or Truvada, is …
Clinical tips: HIV/AIDS
Pharmacists must be up to date with the latest developments in HIV prevention and treatment, writes Louis Roller The acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the most serious expression of …
30,000 cured of hepatitis C
Incidence of gonorrhoea has soared by 63% over the past five years, new data shows The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has released its latest Annual Surveillance Report on HIV, …
PrEP listing decision deferred
An HIV prevention advocate has vowed to keep fighting for pre exposure prophylaxis to be PBS listed Following the announcement by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee that it will defer …
Four of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we’re overcoming them
Four of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we’re overcoming them Spanish flu killed more people than the Great War that preceded it. And tuberculosis even …
Study reveals new insight into susceptibility to pneumonia
University of Western Australia researchers have examined antibody production after pneumococcal vaccination A new research study of immune responses to pneumococcal vaccines has identified a type of immune cell which …
New HIV prevention trial to begin
South Australians at high risk of acquiring HIV will have the opportunity to benefit from PrEP treatment Alfred Health in Victoria has partnered with the South Australian Health and Medical …
Clinical tips: HIV/AIDS
With community pharmacy now directly involved in dispensing antiretrovirals, it’s more important than ever that pharmacists are up to speed on HIV, writes Louis Roller The acquired immune deficiency syndrome …
HIV at all time high in Aboriginal population
New national statistics released from the Australasian Sexual Health and HIV & AIDS Conferences reveal that HIV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is at an all time high, …
MyLife+ app to help HIV positive take health control
Viiv and NAPWHA launch a free app to help Australians with HIV which could help improve medicines compliance ViiV Healthcare in collaboration with the National Association of People with HIV …