http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/stephanie-raison/ Stephanie Raison is a volunteer communications officer at Liverpool VCT Care and Treatment in Nairobi.  She is an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development under the AusAID funded Australian Volunteers for International Development Program.  en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-HIV-test-like-sex-is-best-enjoyed-with-your-partner/ When I told my Australian friends that I was moving to Kenya to work as an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development many of them told me not to have sex while I was here because of the country’s high HIV prevalence. Some 280 people are infected with HIV every day in Kenya. The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day is getting to zero, but getting to zero doesn’t mean zero sex.  Along with zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS related deaths it also means zero unprotected sex with someone whose HIV status you don’t know. Knowing your HIV status is the first step in prevention; if you are negative then you can take measures to ensure that you stay negative and if you are positive then you can access treatment, care and support services. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Stephanie Raison) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-HIV-test-like-sex-is-best-enjoyed-with-your-partner/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-HIV-test-like-sex-is-best-enjoyed-with-your-partner/#item7279 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:40:03 +0000 Stephanie Raison | Author bios | The Punch