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In this current climate of pro-treatment, people who are not taking antiretroviralA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV. therapy (ART) can feel like a minority whose voice is not being heard.

This is why NAPWHA has partnered with researchers Limin Mao and Henrike Körner from the National Centre in HIV Social Research to conduct interviews with people who are currently not on ART. read more »

Do you have HIV but are currently not on treatment?

Researchers from the National Centre in HIV Social Research and NAPWHA are interested in your story and hearing your views on HIV treatment. read more »

A survey conducted by the National Centre in HIV Social Research has found that people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced HIV disease in Australia — although late diagnosis was also a problem among study participants from Anglo-Australian backgrounds. read more »

The deadline for completing the HIV Futures 7 survey has been extended to April 1, 2012.

This anonymous survey is a very important way that service providers and researchers can learn about changing trends in the lives of HIV positive Australians.

Go to www.hivfutures.org.au and fill in the anonymous survey. read more »

HIV Futures is a national survey of Australian people living with HIV conducted every two years by the Living with HIV program at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University.

It is an anonymous survey asking important questions about the health, treatments, work and financial situations of people with HIV in Australia. read more »

HIV futures six: Making positive lives count, a national survey of the health and wellbeing of HIV positive people, has been published.

Produced by the Living with HIV Program, part of The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, it can be viewed at the HIV Futures website: www.latrobe.edu.au/hivfutures read more »

Why would anyone choose to specialise in HIV medicine? And what possible incentives are there to make you stay? These are questions you may well have contemplated while sitting in your own doctor’s waiting room. read more »

Key findings from an Australian research project by the National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSRNational Centre in HIV Social Research. Located at the University of NSW in Sydney, NCHSR conducts research which describes and analyses the social understandings, meanings and practices of peoples, institutions and communities in relation to HIV, Hepatitis C and other communicable diseases.) have added considerably to what’s now known about the experience of HIV and depression in gay men. read more »

The National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSRNational Centre in HIV Social Research. Located at the University of NSW in Sydney, NCHSR conducts research which describes and analyses the social understandings, meanings and practices of peoples, institutions and communities in relation to HIV, Hepatitis C and other communicable diseases.) recently released a new report on a three year project which investigated depression among men attending high HIV caseload general practice clinics. read more »

A new survey for gay, bisexual or same-sex- attracted men is now underway and inviting participants to join the online study and provide information which is investigating how internet use relates to different aspects of men's social and sexual lives. read more »