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QPP is continuously involved in research, projects and developing information that can help people live well with HIV in Queensland. Read the latest updates here.
On behalf of the research team we invite you to participate as a key community stakeholder in a project being developed between researchers at University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) and The University of (UQ). The project is funded by the Australian …
The purpose of the iPrEPyouQ study is to help us understand what stops young people accessing HIV prevention services and what we can do to improve access. In particular we are really keen to know what young people think about HIV Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) …
The Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) and Queensland Positive People (QPP) are collaborating to create a second phase of a Queensland syphilis campaign named Let’s Treat Syphilis. We have developed this short survey to engage with trans men and trans masculine people …
Now that PrEP is available on the PBS, any GP can prescribe it! You don’t have to find an s100 provider or go to a sexual health clinic for your script. If you, your partner or a friend are interested in …
In daily living, it is so easy to get overwhelmed with expectations of what you should be doing…that you end up doing nothing. “I should workout five times a week for at least 30 minutes…but that’s overwhelming, so I won’t work …
Everyone should know about PEP, but knowledge of it is unfortunately quite low. PEP stands for Post Exposure Prophylaxis and it is a four week course of treatment that may prevent the acquisition of HIV after a high risk exposure. Common …
We are always reading about HIV and what we can do to help prevent transmission, but do we really need to listen? In Australia, it is estimated that there are up to 35,000 people living with HIV, of these people, just …
As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island/First Nation people of Australia we still continue to face major challenges and barriers from mainstream society and also within our own communities. This is especially true for Indigenous people living with HIV (PLHIV). From the …
With all the discussion about biomedical prevention strategies and the advances within the prevention paradigm, condoms are still recommended as an effective prevention method. Not only do they prevent the transmission of HIV but they are an effective barrier method for …
In last week’s blog, the Health Promotion & Treatments Officer discussed the PARTNER Study, where interim findings show zero sexual transmissions of HIV with 767 couples over a 2 year period. This is beginning to resurface a debate that has circulated …
