NAPWA is the national peak organisation representing people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia. Through leadership in advocacy, policy, education and prevention, NAPWA strives to minimise the adverse personal and social effects of HIV/AIDS. By championing the participation of HIV-positive people at all levels of the national HIV/AIDS response we aim to build a positive future for people living with HIV/AIDS. Read more.

Next steps

An AFAO/NAPWA education resource for people recently-diagnosed with HIV infection. Information about getting support, treatments, disclosure and more.

Webcast – HIV Health and Treatments Update 2008

HIV positive? Want to hear the latest about HIV treatments and health? You should, because there have been important developments in HIV treatments over the past year. To catch up with the latest information, watch a webcast of a community treatment update held in Sydney on 25 November.

New HIV treatments welcome

The listing of two new HIV treatment options on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is good news for people living with HIV, the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has said.

ASHM 2008: Unity against criminalisation

At the opening plenary of the 20th Australasian Society of HIV Medicine (ASHM) Conference in Perth on July 17-20, the Presidents of ASHM, AFAO and NAPWA all condemned recent trends by governments around the world to criminalise the transmission of HIV.

World AIDS Day: twenty years on

It is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day commemorations as the HIV community gets ready for a range of activities and gatherings in the week leading up to December 1 (now called World AIDS Awareness Week) to remember those we have lost to the virus and to recognise the impact it is still having on millions around the world, including in Australia.

Disclosing your HIV status: a guide to some of the legal issues

This booklet contains the relevant law on disclosure of HIV status as it applies in New South Wales as at 1 January 2008.

Songs in the Blood: stories of women living with HIV/AIDS

This poster presentation from the 2008 Pan-Pacific AIDS Conference examines a community arts project on the experiences of women living with HIV in South Australia.

The bones of the matter

Studies have shown markedly higher rates of osteopenia and osteoporosis in people with HIV compared with the general population and the exact causes of this and the best treatments to be used have been the subject of some debate.

AIDS 2008: Living with complexity

There will be no simple solution to the HIV/AIDS crisis, delegates to the 17th International AIDS Society World AIDS Conference have been told.

HIV is a virus, not a crime

A landmark statement has been issued by the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) and other community organisations in response to an increasing climate of criminal prosecution of people living with HIV.