Word for Word

18 Mar 2012

Dr Mark Stoove – HIV, AIDS & STI Researcher – Burnet Institute

Arts, Health, News & Politics, Society & Culture

WARNING: Contains Course Language…..On Word For Word today we speak with Dr Mark Stoove one of Australia’s top researchers specialising in HIV, AIDS & STI epidemiology and behaviours. We discuss some of the latest medical breakthroughs in disease prevention and treatment; get an update on Victoria’s HIV/HepC co-infection clusters that emerged last year amongst 39 HIV+ gay men; explore the pro’s and con’s of allowing needle & syringe programs in prisons and talk about the success of a recent trail in Victoria’s gaols which saw condoms issued to prisoners. You can support the tremendous work of Dr Stoove and his colleagues by participating (or sponsoring a team) in The Melbourne City Romp http://www.cityromp.com/ or you can donate directly to the Burnet Institute via their web site http://www.burnet.edu.au/

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