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11 Feb 2017

HIV then and now: Changes in response to diagnosis, treatment and living positively

Bear Culture

HIV then and now: Changes in response to diagnosis, treatment and living positively

Big Bear Mark and Cub Reporter Robbie chat with Vic Perri, Health Promotion Officer with Living Positive Victoria (formerly People Living with HIV/AIDS Victoria).  The guys chat about:

  • Interviewing Phil Keoghan from the Amazing Race for Brekkie Bears on JOY 94.9
  • How Vic Perri became a Vic Bears Inc Life Member
  • Bent TV ‘Bear Cave’ and ‘Positive Life’ programs
  • Prevention, treatment and living positively with HIV from the 1990s to now
  • Pre and post the introduction of combination therapy and the changing attitude to treatment
  • Peer-to-peer support and group support for partners, families and friends of people living with HIV
  • The support, education and health promotion programs offered by Living Positive Victoria
  • TasP (Treatment as Prevention) and PrEP (Pre Exposure Prophalyxis).

And we play Vic’s song pick – Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden

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