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NAPWHA is a key partner in Australia's coordinated response to HIV. Working with governments, the pharmaceutical industry, the research sector and other community-based organisations, NAPWHA ensures that the voices of people with HIV are heard at every level of the response.

NAPWHA is committed to action to reduce HIV infections in Australia and our region, and to improve the capacity of communities affected by HIV to participate in the response to the epidemic.

Activists call attention to TB/HIV coinfection issues

Positive Living article • Serena Maluwisa • 1 December 2007

TB remains the biggest killer among HIV-positive people, experts estimated on the opening day of the 38th World Lung Health conference in South Africa. read more »

Prevention is everybody’s business

Positive Living article • Robert Mitchell • 1 December 2007

This year’s World AIDS Day theme presents an opportunity for people living with HIV to talk about our role in response to the HIV epidemic in this country, writes NAPWHA President Robert Mitchell. read more »

AIDS Awareness Week: Do we still need it?

Positive Living article • David Menadue • 1 December 2007

World AIDS Day may remind us of the illness and death associated with living with HIV, but it serves an important purpose in raising awareness, writes David Menadue. read more »

Half all new HIV infections could be averted if prevention funding increased

Positive Living article • Serena Maluwisa • 1 December 2007
HIV prevention

Half of new HIV infections by 2015 could be prevented if UNAIDSJoint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. UNAIDS is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the epidemic. targets for HIV expenditure are met and evidence-based prevention programs are implemented, according to a new report. read more »

Body of Knowledge

Positive Living article • Suzanne Lau Gooey • 26 July 2007

Suzanne Lau Gooey writes about a Melbourne exhibition of powerful photographs of positive women. read more »

IAS Conference opens with spotlight on politics

Story • Paul Kidd • 23 July 2007

The 4th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention has opened in Sydney with calls for increased funding for HIV research, and a powerful rejection of the Australian Prime Minister's plans to tighten restrictions on immigration by people living with HIV/AIDS. read more »

Scientists find a key chink in HIV’s armour

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 22 March 2007
Defeating HIV

In a finding that could have profound implications for HIV vaccine research, US scientists say they have found a site on HIV’s outer coating which is vulnerable to antibodies that could effectively neutralise the virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. and prevent it from infecting human cells. read more »

Rising HIV levels: why we should care and what we can do

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 22 March 2007

HIV infections are on the rise nationwide, and the government is planning an advertising blitz aimed at gay men. If HIV is making a comeback, should positive gay men care? And if we do care, what can we do? read more »

News and treatments briefs

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 22 March 2007
Treating HIV

HIV-related news in brief from the March 2007 edition of Positive Living. read more »

Many faces, different stories

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 21 December 2006

The 19th World AIDS Day was marked across Australia on December 1, with speeches, concerts, and warnings about increasing numbers of new infections. read more »

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