Australian Herpes Management Forum

About the AHMF Website

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Audience and Content

The main objectives of the Australian Herpes Management Forum are to provide evidence-based resources and information about herpes viruses for health professionals, public health organisations, governments and patients.

The site therefore focuses mainly on providing resources that enable better management of patients with herpes virus infections. There are, however, several pages specifically for people with an interest in, or concerned about, herpes virus-related conditions. These are most easily accessed from our Patients page.

AHMF and the Health on the Net Foundation

The AHMF website complies with the Health on the Net Foundation's code of conduct for internet-based health information resources. Verify our compliance with this code.

Principles supported by the AHMF

Authority

1. Any medical or health advice provided and hosted on this site will only be given by medically trained and qualified professionals unless a clear statement is made that a piece of advice offered is from a non-medically qualified individual or organisation.
   
   All health and management information on the AHMF website is written by medical doctors with substantial expertise in the management of herpes viruses. The AHMF dos not provide medical advice to individuals.

Complementarity

2. The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician.
   
   If you have, or suspect, genital herpes or any other condition caused by a herpes virus, please contact a health professional for examination.

Confidentiality

3. Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to a medical/health Web site, including their identity, is respected by this Web site. The Web site owners undertake to honour or exceed the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the country and state where the Web site and mirror sites are located.
   
   The AHMF has a privacy policy in compliance with Australian legislation.

Attribution

4. Where appropriate, information contained on this site will be supported by clear references to source data and, where possible, have specific HTML links to that data. The date when a clinical page was last modified will be clearly displayed (e.g. at the bottom of the page).
   
   Clinical resources published by the AHMF are referenced and include information about the date the page was last updated.

Justifiability

5. Any claims relating to the benefits/performance of a specific treatment, commercial product or service will be supported by appropriate, balanced evidence in the manner outlined above in Principle 4.
   
   All management guidelines describing the benefits of treatment are referenced.

Transparency of authorship

6. The designers of this Web site will seek to provide information in the clearest possible manner and provide contact addresses for visitors that seek further information or support. The Webmaster will display his/her E-mail address clearly throughout the Web site.
   
   Authors of clinical information are indicated under the title. Each page includes links to an AHMF contact page.

Transparency of sponsorship

7. Support for this Web site will be clearly identified, including the identities of commercial and non-commercial organisations that have contributed funding, services or material for the site.
   
   For more information, please refer to our sponsorship page.

Honesty in advertising & editorial policy

8. If advertising is a source of funding it will be clearly stated. A brief description of the advertising policy adopted by the Web site owners will be displayed on the site. Advertising and other promotional material will be presented to viewers in a manner and context that facilitates differentiation between it and the original material created by the institution operating the site.
   
   The AHMF website does not accept paid advertising material.