HIV prevention

The following information outlines a range of strategies that individuals can utilize to reduce or eliminate the risk of HIV transmission.

These strategies can be undertaken to reduce the risk of transmission for individuals, their partners, children during pregnancy and the wider community.

This section includes information on:

  • safe sex
  • safe drug use
  • post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP),
  • preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV during pregnancy and birth, and biomedical prevention.

If you would like more detailed information on how to prevent HIV transmission, please take a look in the Library section of this website where you’ll find a number of resources specifically addressing these issues.

 

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