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HIV Immunization may not be science fiction.
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In response to what has been a concerning trend of increased HIV infection, Australia has set itself an ambitious goal of no new cases of HIV infection by 2020. Over the last 20 years the number of people living with HIV within Australia has steadily increased. This is despite the availability of HIV testing centers and availability of HIV test kits allowing for HIV testing by individuals at home. One controversial approach is receiving allot of attention in the media and within the “at risk” community. PrEP which is short for pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a medication containing a combination/cocktail of...
Border control: Protecting Australia from HIV.
One issue facing Australia at present is not only the spread of HIV within Australia, but also the arrival of HIV infected individuals from other countries. Recently the press has covered some concern about boat people arriving from Indonesia who are HIV positive. Not only do they pose a potential strain on the Australian health system but of course they pose an hiv infection risk to the Australian population. It is regrettable though that this is used as a negative to sway the argument against allowing asylumseekers into Australia. Instead we should be focussed on the awareness that is needed...
Safe sex may be under attack as the primary defence against HIV infection.
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A controversial new preventative pill designed to lower vulnerability to HIV infection is being described as a "game changer". The trials involving 450 gay men are being carried out in Australia. Over recent years Australia is stepping up its fight against HIV partly due to the results of 2012 in which the number of new HIV cases in Australia hit a 20 year high. Following that 20 year high Australia has not managed to reduce the new HIV infection rate. Up until now that fight has been limited to safe sex education, more HIV testing and awareness for early HIV...
“A transgender prostitute accused of infecting a Western Australian client with HIV has been charged with grievous bodily harm”.
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This recent headline is a shocking wake up call for Australia as it loses the war on HIV infection rates. The underlying message here is of course safe sex prevents HIV transmission. However, a second message is highlighted by the fact that this sort of infection is nor the normal method of HIV transmission. That is the person transmitting the HIV virus to an un-expecting individual is mostly unaware they even carry the virus themselves. So ignoring this shocking headline lest look at that majority of HIV infections. They are as a result of unprotected sexual contact between with an...