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Campaigns

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We encourage readers to make every effort to ensure any information found on our website is up to date and relevant for their needs.

If you wish to order any of our campaign materials, please download a Resources order form and return it to Positive Life NSW. All materials are free of charge, however large or interstate orders may incur postage fees.

no more butts

12 Nov 2009

If you are an HIV positive smoker, quitting is one of the most significant ways to improve your health. Research has shown that smoking cessation is one of the most important health prevention strategies people with HIV can do to reduce the incidence or impact of other health conditions associated with long term HAART (e.g. heart disease, strokes). Lifestyle changes like quitting smoking can lower your risk of cancer.

KNOW THE FACTS - SEX AND HEP C

1 Dec 2008

Hep C is usually transmitted by sharing injecting equipment (including needles, spoons, tourniquets and filters) as well as tattooing or body piercing with infected equipment. However, sexual transmission is also possible. In our booklet KNOW THE FACTS - SEX AND HEP C we outline latest information about Hep C, ways to avoid transmission and current treatment options. WARNING - content is unsuitable for people under 18 years.

Sero Disco - Why let HIV get in the way of a good relationship?

27 Nov 2008

Looking after each other in serodiscordant relationships (where one partner is HIV positive and one partner is HIV negative) includes everything from communication to condoms. In our new campaign Sero Disco (Why let HIV get in the way of a good relationship?) we try to give you some practical answers to questions you might have asked yourself at some time.

Simple Pleasures

23 Apr 2008

Simple Pleasures builds on material presented in our booklet GETTING ON WITH IT AGAIN Living longer with HIV. The workshop is designed to be used with HIV positive peer support groups or in HIV support groups facilitated by healthcare workers.

SYPHILIS - GET THE FACTS

13 Feb 2008

Anyone can get syphilis, but men who have sex with men account for 90% of the cases of infectious syphilis in New South Wales. About half of these guys are HIV positive. So if you are HIV positive, sexually active, and fucking with men, it makes good sense to have a regular blood test (i.e. every three months) for syphilis.

Getting on with it again - living longer with HIV

6 Feb 2008

GETTING ON WITH IT AGAIN acknowledges the challenges faced by people living longer with HIV and their resilience in meeting those challenges. This booklet is based on stories and interviews and shares some strategies for change and enhancing quality of life.

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