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Communications firm and AHMF sponsor DDB Remedy has won two prestigious international awards for the “It's out of sight but not out of fashion” campaign for the Australian Herpes Management Forum (AHMF). This innovative and powerful print and poster campaign designed to raise...

The Live and Love Short Film Competition judges panel draws on the expertise and knowledge of a range of people: medical specialists, film makers, social media consultants and people with HSV.

Sydney, 14 August 2009 – Although many people don’t know it, kissing can give you herpes, and this can be caused by either Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 (HSV-1) or Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 (HSV-2).

Background information for people interested in genital herpes

UPDATE: The AHMF Patient Perspective Survey closed on 5 November 2010. Results will be published at http://www.ahmf.com.au/research/ahmf/patient-perspective-survey as they become available.

The theme of Herpes Awareness Day in 2007 was “it’s out of sight, but not out of fashion”— meaning that although people with herpes may not be aware of symptoms, the virus is always present.

The first Australia-wide study confirms 1 in 8 Australians have genital herpes and reveals women are at higher risk of contracting Type 2 herpes infections.

Tell-tale warning signs—and what you should do about them.

1 in 8 Australians has genital herpes; 70% don’t know they’re infected.

AHMF Executive Director Tricia Berger discusses treatment and the frequency of asymptomatic (unknown) infection.