Protecting Yourself and Others

Safer sex and safer drug use

Sexual Health and Safer Sex

How to reduce the sexual transmission of HIV and/or hepatitis C

• Undetectable viral load and HIV sexual transmission
• The Power of Undetectable: What you need to know about HIV treatment as prevention
• Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
• Your sexual health from Managing Your Health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• Protecting yourself, protecting others from Living with HIV and Hepatitis C Co-infection
• Safer sex
• Women Lovin': A sexual health guide for queer women – AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)

See also, Sexual Heath and Safer Sex in our Prevention section.

Positive Prevention

Prevention strategies for people living with HIV

• Undetectable viral load and HIV sexual transmission
• Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention: What Does it Mean for Networks of People Living with HIV? – Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+)
• Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention: What Does It Mean for Me? – GNP+
• Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention for Women and their Babies – GNP+

For more, see Positive Prevention in our Prevention section.

Safer Drug Use and Harm Reduction

How to reduce the transmission of HIV and/or hepatitis C for people who use drugs or have tattoos and piercings

• Pre-fix, CATIE’s comprehensive new guide to living with Hep C or HIV for people who inject drugs
• Tips for Preventing Overdoses – Queen West Central Toronto Toronto Community Health Centre | CATIE
• Harm reduction as a tool to healthy living from Managing Your Health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• Harm reduction
• Information on street drugs
• Safer injection
• Anabolic Steroids: Roids/Slop/Juice/Sauce – Ottawa Public Health | CATIE
• Safer crack smoking
• Safer snorting
• Safer tattooing & piercing
• Routine practices & Universal precautions

For more, see Substance Use and Harm Reduction in our Prevention section.