NAPWA

For a while now, we have been referring to ourselves as ‘people living with HIV’ or ‘people with HIV’ and encouraging others to do the same. All the time, however, the name of our organisation has remained the national Association of people living with hiv/AiDs. read more »

On the eve of the world’s largest gathering of AIDS researchers, activists and policy makers, NAPWHA is calling on the Australian Government to show greater leadership in international efforts to finally end the global AIDS epidemic. read more »

The Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference 2010 (22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine) is now on in Sydney, Again it is running back-to-back with the 2010 Australasian Sexual Health Conference with a full day of overlap on Wednesday 20 October 2010. read more »

On December 1, 2010 the first World AIDS Day Dinner (WADD) charity dinner will take place at Sydney, Australia’s Royal Randwick Race Course. A glamorous evening affair, the charity dinner will largely benefit Australia’s longest-running HIV charity, The Bobby Goldsmith Foundation with a portion of the proceeds from the live auction going to St. Vincent’s Hospital Patient Support Fund. read more »

Katherine Leane's warm tribute to Gabe McCarthy who passed away on 30th June this year. read more »

Mostly established at a time when positive people faced isolation and stigma and urgently needed social support, the role of Positive Living is now being questioned. David Menadue investigates. read more »

NAPWHA positve women have recently endorsed new Terms of reference for the advisory group. read more »

The annual conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHMAustralasian Society for HIV Medicine. The peak Australasian organisation representing the medical and health sector in HIV/AIDS and related areas. ) was held in Hobart, Tasmania, from 24-27 August. read more »

A paper presented at the 2005 ASHMAustralasian Society for HIV Medicine. The peak Australasian organisation representing the medical and health sector in HIV/AIDS and related areas. Conference by NAPWHA's HIV Health Policy Analyst, Kirsty Machon. read more »

The 5th National HIV/AIDS strategy document — launched by health minister Tony Abbott in Sydney on June 23 — has some opportunities in it for HIV-positive people and their organisations to work at improving services and initiatives, particularly in the treatments care and support areas. read more »