Women’s Health

15 October 2017

A bittersweet relationship with HIV

By |2024-01-28T12:26:37+11:0015 October 2017|Categories: Health, Mental Health, Talkabout, Women's Health|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

My family are everything for me and all the time I have to keep my secret. I try to make sure they never see my tablets or see me going to the clinic.

9 November 2016

Yes, there are heterosexual people living with HIV in NSW!

By |2024-01-04T13:23:35+11:009 November 2016|Categories: Communications, Health, Women's Health|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Yes, there are young heterosexuals living with HIV here in Sydney!

15 April 2016

Still living with ignorance and invisibility

By |2024-01-04T14:18:24+11:0015 April 2016|Categories: Mental Health, Women's Health|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

About 10 per cent of people living with HIV in Australia are women, yet we remain relatively invisible.

15 March 2016

Women and PrEP – some differences

By |2024-01-28T12:37:02+11:0015 March 2016|Categories: Health, Opinion, Talkabout, Women's Health|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

A number of major international studies show the use of Truvada as an oral PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) can help prevent the transmission of HIV.

15 March 2016

How gender impacts the lives of women living with HIV

By |2024-01-28T12:36:08+11:0015 March 2016|Categories: Advocacy, Health, Talkabout, Women's Health|Tags: , , |0 Comments

As a heterosexual woman living with HIV for the past 21 years, I am acutely aware that the lived experience of women with HIV today is still mired in ignorance and invisibility.

15 October 2015

HIV – the Heterosexual Context

By |2024-02-26T17:25:52+11:0015 October 2015|Categories: Health, Talkabout, Women's Health|Tags: , , |0 Comments

I know of more than one young heterosexual woman who on asking their GP for an HIV test was told “oh you don’t need that” or “why?”

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