hiv treatment uptake
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Treatment uptake
7th National HIV Strategy
Benefits of treatment
• HIV impacts health from the time of seroconversion
• Earlier treatment can offer a range of health benefits
• Opinion of when to start treatment changing
• Treatment reduces risk of transmission
• Individual preferences need to be respected
Barriers to treatment• Medicare ineligibility
• Engagement with information care & support
• Costs of multiple prescriptions - Centrelink
• AOD use – treatment breaks
• Mental health
• Prescriber preferences
Campaign work
The future
• Improved treatments & accesso AHOD Temporary Residents Access Scheme (ATRAS)
• Address HIV as well as gay, bi & MSM related stigma
• Continued partnerships
• Positive voice – inclusion of all PLHIV
• Changing trends – health & treatmentso support research
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