Australian Herpes Management Forum | Improving the awareness, understanding, diagnosis, management and control of herpes virus infections in Australia

Conditions

All of the following medical conditions are caused by viruses from the herpes family.

Genital herpes	Oral herpes
Varicella	Herpes zoster
Post herpetic neuralgia	Herpes encephalitis
Herpetic dermatitis and whitlow	Neonatal herpes
Cytomegalovirus-related disease	Eye infections

News


24 Aug 2010	Live and Love: A Short Film Competition about Herpes Make a 30 second film about HSV for a chance to win $30,000 in the AHMF's Live & Love short film competition. We invite film makers to create a 30 second work to destigmatise herpes (HSV). Encourage conversation, debunk myths, break the taboo... allow your viewers to be transported to a world where their minds are open to a subject they would normally dismiss. The competition is open to:
20 Aug 2009	Kissing and Herpes Kissing is a very common activity and what most people don't know is that a person can acquire or transmit herpes through kissing. The AHMF has launched a campaign to raise awareness about kissing and herpes.
18 Jun 2009	National STI Prevention Campaign The Australian Government recently launched a new National STI Prevention Program: Sexual Health Campaign to raise young people's awareness about the risks of infection and to generate a sense of personal responsibility to help prevent the spread of STIs.

24 Aug 2010

Live and Love: A Short Film Competition about Herpes

Make a 30 second film about HSV for a chance to win $30,000 in the AHMF's Live & Love short film competition.

We invite film makers to create a 30 second work to destigmatise herpes (HSV). Encourage conversation, debunk myths, break the taboo... allow your viewers to be transported to a world where their minds are open to a subject they would normally dismiss.

The competition is open to:

20 Aug 2009

Kissing and Herpes

Kissing is a very common activity and what most people don't know is that a person can acquire or transmit herpes through kissing. The AHMF has launched a campaign to raise awareness about kissing and herpes.

18 Jun 2009

STI prevention campaign: clipping from website

National STI Prevention Campaign

The Australian Government recently launched a new National STI Prevention Program: Sexual Health Campaign to raise young people's awareness about the risks of infection and to generate a sense of personal responsibility to help prevent the spread of STIs.

Resources for clinicians

Conditions

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Management of HSV in pregnancy	HSV-1 as a sexually transmitted infection

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