ASHM @ HIVAIDS 2015
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PostsThe perfect (cytokine) storm –genital inflammation and HIV
Take home messages on the importance of the genital mucosa in transmission and pathogenesis
Beginning with a plenary presentation on day
HIV and Migration: All is NOT fair in Love and War
Slightly belated report back from Friday morning's session.
President of AFAO, Dr Bridget Haire opened this session - in the absence of Dr John-Paul
Better than a notebook
You know how you used to take your conference notes on the notepad in the conference satchel?
What did you do with them? Mine are sitting in a
Friday final words
RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATION
These words were repeated today in all sessions I attended.
What is a relationship for gay men?
How successfully do
Management guidelines for HIV-related Co-morbidities
I attended the talk by Dr Janine Trevillyan titled: Management guidelines for HIV-related Co-morbidities result in increased screening but no
Launch of HIV Futures 8
I attended the launch of HIV Futures 8
This is a survey about health, treatments, work, finances, sex and relationships of people living with H
AFAO Community and Advocacy Hub
Most of my lunch periods have been taken up listening to the various speakers and organisations that have appeared here during the conference.It
AFAO Community Forum
At the lunchtime AFAO community hub today, Brett and Phil outlined how 2 Spirits work in culturally appropriate ways with the whole of communi
Negotiating Change
I attended an excellent talks this morning by Steven Philpot on the fine line in changing agreements between gay men when it was about monogamy.Steven
What do we know that we do not know?
On Thursday afternoon, under Theme B: Antiretroviral Therapy, things moved up a gear, with back to back presentations touching almost every aspect of
Australian HIV/ Hepatitis C Co-infected Patients Fall Behind HIV Mono-infected Patients in move towards Early HIV Treatment Initiation
Presented by Clara Brown.
As we are aware there are people living with HIV who are also co-infected with Hepatitis C. In Australia approximately 1 in
ASHM 2015 - take home messages from a GP
ASHM Conference 2015 – Take home messages from a GP
The 2015 ASHM conference displayed all the teamwork I saw at the first conference which I
BP control in HIV positive patients
Blood Pressure Targets IN HIV+ patients
Again another very interesting session from a GP perspective.
Dr Shanti Narayanasamy discussed the cha
HIV Targets - Aspirational or Realistic?
This morning I read the headline ‘world leaders pledge to achieve gender equality by 2030’. This was timely given I had just attended the sessio
Bone Health in HIV
I really enjoyed the sessions today on co-morbidities and as a S100 general practitioner found this very useful. The discussion re bone health was esp
Reflections on Australia's place in the HIV world
You could almost - almost - be forgiven for feeling like the biomedical developments in HIV have come to their hump-day. Vaccines research hasn'
Indian blood: Two Spirit return, Mixed Race Identity and Critical Interventions in HIV
After two fascinating talks by Dr. Patrick Mallon and Dr. Geoff Symonds around great medical strides being developed, another facet of care an
Fuckbuddies, boyfriends and other partners - Results from the monopoly study
This morning we saw a series of presentations from the Monopoly Study, which is a national Australian study that looked at how gay and bisexual men th
Toxicities
Lovely morning plenary by Paddy Mallon discussing ART toxicities.
With the lofty ambitions of 90-90-90 upon us, there will be increasing number
(Nearly) Time to change to TAF based regimens
The pending introduction of a new formulation of tenofovir, a prodrug of the original formulation, raises the question of equivalence in terms of outc
GP take home messages from Day 2
Day 2 of the conference was informative, fun and interactive. Opportunities to use smartphone technology to interact using live polls added to the exp
QuAC launch of PrEP programme and why, oh why, can't my fellow GPs always help MSM patients
QuAC Launch of PrEP Campaign and why cant my fellow GPs always help MSM patients?
It was heart warming and praiseworthy to see the&
Be Brave Be Courageous.
DAY 5 for me as an atendee of both conferences.
Brisbane reminded us that it can rain and rain it has today.
BE BRAVE BE courageous Was a them
HIV cure research: current strategies and challenges
I attended the talk by Prof Sharon Lewin this afternoon titled ‘HIV cure research: current strategies and challenges’
Sharon started off by saying th
Summary of Thursday
A summary of today (Thursday 17 September 2015)
Jeffery Klausner - new technologies and innovations to facilitate HIV prevention, testing and care
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Methamphetamine and HIV
Day 2 of the conference and there have been more thought provoking sessions. The afternoon "Drug and Alcohol Session" raised a number of issues for
The 'good' and 'bad' of Hepatitis C
There is ongoing optimism surrounding the evolving management for Hepatitis C. But this is also tempered by the enormity of the epidemic of Hepa
PASH
Congratulations to Teddy Cook (ACON) and Jeremy Wiggins (VAC) for an important talk today about PASH, the Peer Advocacy network for the Sexual Health
ART Guideline: Panel Discussion
Hi everyone,
Another interesting and interactive panel discussion featuring Professor Jennifer Hoy, Dr Julian Elliot, Dr Mark Boyd, Dr James McMahon,
ARV guidelines session
The important ARV guidelines session featured 4 speakers and a discussion/scenario panel
We STARTed (sorry) with the START study preliminary results
Transgender is not a gender identity
Teddy Cook and Jeremy Wiggins gave a talk on the inclusion of transgender men in the HIV response, which provided much food for thought for healthcare
Engaging and Retaining HIV patients in care
Australia is on the way to reaching the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goal but is hoping to fill in the blanks around why clients are lost to follow up care
Danger! Danger! Criminal endangerment offences are an obstacle to the HIV response
Paul Kidd is the Chair of the Victorian HIV Legal Working Group.
In this session, Paul discussed the definitions of laws in Victoria which invo
Law reform to reduce HIV transmission
A fascinating and compelling presentation from Charles Chauvel from the a Global Comission on HIV and the Law and UNDP.
Charles spoke of the higher H
New Technologies and Innovative Methods to Facilatate HIV Prevention
Jeffery Klausner provided an excellent talk on new methods in the US and around the world.
Jeff spoke about the need to utilise modern media eg YouTu
HCV - a 25-year (r)evolution
Excellent plenary session lead by Ed Gane discussing an overview of the swift evolution of HCV over 25 years!
I've summarised the main points:&n
The Global Elimination of Hep C
Professor Edward Gane from Auckland NZ gave a visionary plenary presentation on how we may be able to eradicate hepatitis C.
Background on the Hepati
NSW HIV strategy and HIV treatment cascade
Great session on the HIV Treatment Cascade and moving towards the elimination of
HIV in New South Wales.
The HIV cascade: a review of methodol
Should we be treating anal cancer precursors?
This question continues to be a vexing one with our definitive answers coming in probably 5 years time. There is increasing evidence that AIN3 i
Find Me, Treat me, PrEP me, Heal me Panel Discussion
I attended the panel discussion titled ‘Find Me, Treat me, PrEP me, Heal me’ this afternoon.
The panel members were:
Prof Robert Grant,
Prof Mike
Excessive Intellectual Property Protection for HIV Treatments - the Momentum for Reform
Excessive intellectual property protections for HIV treatments: the momentum for reform
What a clear and informative presentation &
ASHM - A GP's perspective
Good evening everyone! Here are some ‘take home’ points from the conference today:
1. The HPTN052 trial did not stop in 2011
HCV - Treatment As Prevention
An interesting first day with varied sessions. It was great to hear about a number of very positive treatment approaches using the newer drug options
STI / HIV and Pregnancy
STI AND HIV IN PREGNANCY
Yes well done Cuba.
Natholie Broutet from WHO guided us through that country's journey of strategies implemented to achieve
HIV and cardiovascular disease
The afternoon session: O21 - HIV and co-morbidity started with two speakers who complemented each others presentations very well.
Dr Paddy Mal
Evaluating PrEP and HIV Treatment as Prevention in Australia
This stream covered quite a range of issues in regards to PrEP and it's use.
Dr Zablotska told us that community surveys show informal prep is curren
Benefits of self collected samples for cervical screening
There were many highlights today but I will focus on some of the topics that resonated most with me related to technologies or interventions which cou
The Mega Model!
What a start to the conference!
The theme of harnessing HIV and STI prevention opportunities rang throughout the hall during t
Genital inflammation and HIV transmission
Hi everyone,
Another excellent plenary session presentation with some clinically relevant findings for primary care physicians and health promotion t
ART Perspectives- Symposium- Who's life is it anyway?
This symposium was a very interesting one presented by Prof. Brian Gazzard.
Prof. Gazzard discussed different types of HIV client care, of whic
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