Hepatitis NSW, 2016 This is a really exciting time if you live in Australia and have hep C. The Federal government has announced that new direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment drugs will be free and available to you from 1 March 2016. The new treatments are: Harvoni® (sofosbuvir/ledipasvir) two drugs combined in each pill Sovaldi® and Daklinza® (sofosbuvir and daclatasvir) separate pills, taken...
Star Observer, January 8, 2016 A new HIV initiative which has been described as “a shot of adrenaline to the heart of the HIV response” has just been launched in Melbourne. Rapture, which stands for Rapid Agile PrEP Team for a Unified Responsive End, was founded by PrEP advocate Rodney Ellis and HIV activist Daniel Brace who are aiming to roll out PrEP awareness and education to HIV negative...
Star Observer, December 8, 2015
COMMUNITY organisations, activists, and researchers last night came together to sign a historic accord on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Melbourne.
The accord outlined a number of shared principles around the HIV prevention tool in areas such as education, stigma, and approval in Australia.
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The Age, January 10, 2015
Working from a medically equipped vehicle at Alexandra Gardens, trained gay men from Pronto – Victoria’s rapid HIV testing program – will administer finger prick tests and provide immediate results. The pop-up testing, offered at a gay festival in Australia for the first time, will take between 10 and 30 minutes.
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