HIV Disclosure and the Law

1 HIV Transmission, the law, and public health QPP Discussion Paper, April 2013 HIV Transmission, the law, and public health Queensland Positive People (QPP) represents all people living with and affected by HIV in Queensland. QPP is an inclusive... More

1 HIV Transmission, the law, and public health QPP Discussion Paper, April 2013 HIV Transmission, the law, and public health Queensland Positive People (QPP) represents all people living with and affected by HIV in Queensland. QPP is an inclusive organisation that aims to support all people living with HIV to understand their personal rights and legal responsibilities. Over the past three decades, the HIV-positive community in Queensland has created awareness and played a crucial leadership role in HIV prevention and education across the state. QPP supports HIV prevention strategies being driven by an evidence-based, best practice model of public health interventions. These are based on the principal goals of: 1. Encouraging a shared responsibility for the complex factors that surround behaviours associated with transmitting or contracting HIV. 2. Supporting PLHIV to prevent HIV transmission, including how to discuss the facts about protecting sexual partners from contract Less