Currently my home town Melbourne is hosting the Australasian HIV/AIDS conference with many countries from South East Asia in attendance along with Australian and New Zealand representatives. News from this conference is that there has been a worrying 8% increase of HIV infections between 2010 and 2011. This increase has been noted to be within the gay community with significant … [Read more...] about Australia Shows 8% Increase in HIV Infection Rates in 2011
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Magic Johnson Joins Orasure To Promote Home HIV Testing
Hey there Guys. Today's news is that Magic Johnson has hit the news agencies to promote a home HIV test kit Orasure. You can check out a video from Fox News here: Magic Johnson Partners With Orasure While home HIV testing is a great idea, I have a number of concerns, in particular with the OraQuick product by OraSure. As I mentioned in my article when OraQuick was … [Read more...] about Magic Johnson Joins Orasure To Promote Home HIV Testing
The Three Faces Of Grim, How Would You Promote HIV Prevention?
In 1987 we didn't really talk about HIV prevention. I was in my first year of high school and everybody had started talking about this new disease that was sweeping the world. Apparently AIDS was going to kill anyone that was sexually active, but it seems that "those homos" were first in line. There was even a Grim Reaper ad campaign that pretty much said the same thing, be … [Read more...] about The Three Faces Of Grim, How Would You Promote HIV Prevention?
Does Circumcision Reduce HIV Infections In Gay Men?
This week the medical blog world has been buzzing with the release of an article connecting a decline in circumcision with increased risk of HIV. Medical news site News-Medical.net reported of the release of new medical research showing not circumcising was leading to increased disease in the USA including a rise in HIV and other sexual infections. In a report to be published … [Read more...] about Does Circumcision Reduce HIV Infections In Gay Men?
Queensland HIV Education Sitting At The Edge
Hey there Guys, This week is there is a significant change happening for HIV education in Queensland Australia. As previous discussed in "The Political Price Of HIV Education", Queensland Healthy Communities (QAHC) had a huge chunk of their HIV education funding removed. This week is the cut off date for the funding and QHAC will be reducing staff leaving 10 people to … [Read more...] about Queensland HIV Education Sitting At The Edge