December Newsletter

Preventing HIV after Exposure

If you are exposed to someone else’s bodily fluid, in incidents such as a road accident, physical or sexual assault, needle-prick injury or exposure to blood, it’s important to take action to protect yourself from [...]

Summer Holiday Road Safety Tips

The festive season is coming up, and many people are planning road trips and long drives to their holiday destinations. This means the roads will be busier than usual, and the risk of accidents and [...]

Caring Families

December is HIV Awareness Month! Make a point of knowing your status, for your own safety as well as that of your loved ones. Get tested for HIV and, if you are HIV-positive, start treatment and live well!

Early detection = Early treatment
Early treatment = Virus suppression
Virus suppression = Undetectable viral load
Undetectable = Lower transmission risk
Lower risk = Living HIV-well!

Consumer Tip

Avoid overspending and accumulating unwanted debt this holiday season by avoiding those marketing ploys designed to encourage unnecessary spending.

Sales: Don’t buy something you don’t need, just because it is a “bargain”.
Buy now, pay later schemes: This will just increase your debt. If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it.
Sweet aisles at the shop tills: Eat before you shop so you won’t be tempted to splurge on treats.