Information and support for people living with the herpes virus
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April is STD awareness month. OBGear are starting their blowout sale early so you can do your part in style all month long. From now through April 31, just use the following code to save 40% on your entire t-shirt order: HSV2TS40 You can also become a fan of OBGear on Facebook!
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have carried a bad reputation for many years. Despite efforts to prevent the spread of such infections many people simply live silently with their condition due to the stigma associated with STIs. One STI in particular has been given the backseat by the government, who has been focusing only on Chlamydia and HIV over the past few years, this STI is herpes.
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International Herpes Week will run from Sunday 29th July until Saturday 4th August 2007. The campaign theme is “Treatment and testing – better than ever”. The aim is to empower all those living with genital herpes to seek the most appropriate treatment for them and to encourage people who think they might be at risk [...]
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madison magazine are leading the way again with a fabulous article on STIs: SEX in our cities madison recently did a survey on sex and STIs and this follow up article explores some of the results. The most surprising (and scary!) fact is that 32% of respondents thought that the contraceptive pill offered protection against [...]
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The theme for this year’s International Herpes Week is “Treatment and testing better than ever” and it will run from Sunday 29th July through to Saturday 4th August 2007. The primary objectives this year are to increase awareness and understanding of the range of effective treatments available to manage genital herpes and to reassure people [...]
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Note: This article / transcript was originally published on The Facts website. Getting to know your herpes Jeannie May was diagnosed with genital herpes six years ago, and as many others, she struggled with the emotional issues more than the physical symptoms. In the process of ‘coming to terms’ with herpes, Jeannie became a ‘peer [...]
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I was interviewed for this article in the Sydney Morning Herald: Australians don pink ribbons for breast cancer and red noses for sudden infant death. But you won’t see ribbons or red noses marking tomorrow’s National Herpes Day. Herpes viruses are responsible for a range of common conditions including chickenpox, shingles, glandular fever, cold sores [...]
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Well, it’s been quite a week for me in the lead up to National Herpes Day – lots of media opportunities to promote awareness, and the wonderful support groups we have in Australia. The AHMF have been instrumental in having a number of articles published online, in the newspapers and magazines. I have been involved [...]
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The Australian Herpes Management Forum (AHMF) is an independent non profit organisation established to improve the awareness, understanding, diagnosis, management and control of herpes virus infections within Australia. They are currently running an awareness campaign with the key message: ‘Reveal or Conceal’. It’s all about ‘open communication’. You can be on the lookout for some [...]
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Last week there was the ‘Case Study’ in Woman’s Day magazine (see the Living Sphere in the media post); and this week I notice herpes get’s a mention in the Women’s Weekly. It’s featured in the ‘Oprah Special’ section, under the heading ’10 Really Good Sex Questions you’ll be glad someone else asked’. Quote: What’s [...]
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Check out the extract from the dating chapter of the Living Sphere Guide to Herpes here
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