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Fact sheets

NAPWA, Treataware and ANET educational resources provide comprehensive information about a range of important subjects and are targeted at specific audiences.

Copies of printed resources can be obtained from your local PLWHA organisation or AIDS Council, or by contacting NAPWA.

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Minimising the risk of cardiovascular disease (updated)

Resource • 26 June 2008

This Treataware fact sheet explains the current knowledge about cardiovascular (heart) disease risk in people living with HIV/AIDS, and some strategies for minimising risk. Read more »

Lipoatrophy: options for preventing, managing and treating fat loss associated with HIV treatments (updated)

Resource • 26 June 2006

A Treataware fact sheet on Lipoatrophy – the loss or ‘wasting’ of fat from the face, as well as sometimes the buttocks, upper arms legs or thighs. Options for prevention, treatment and management of fat loss associated with HIV treatments. Read more »

AFDO fact sheet - Job Capacity Assessment

Resource • 3 May 2006

The Job Capacity Assessment (JCA) has been designed to be the new way of working out who should get the Disability Support Pension and also which employment service or support program a person should go to. This AFDO-produced fact sheet explains what the JCA is and outlines the process and the requirements for people on the pension. Read more »

Surviving the Centrelink DSP Review

Resource • 9 December 2005

This Positive Life (NSW) fact sheet offers information and practical tips for people on the Disability Support Pension to help them understand and deal with a Centrelink review. Read more »

Neurological and psychological complications of HIV

Resource • 1 November 2003

This Treataware fact sheet looks at the various neurological and psychological illnesses that affect people with HIV/AIDS including AIDS dementia complex, toxoplasmosis, PML, lymphoma and depression. Read more »

HIV and HCV (hepatitis C virus) co-infection

Resource • 1 November 2002

This Treataware fact sheet explains the issues around coinfection with hepatitis C for people with HIV/AIDS, including ways to minimise risk and treatment options. Read more »

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