NAPWA

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.