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Living with HIV

Living well with HIV/AIDS means more than taking care of your health. Managing relationships, preventing transmission of HIV to others, childbirth and pregnancy, and travelling with HIV are just some areas where being HIV positive presents special challenges.

HIV Living deals with the lived experience of the diversity of positive people to inform stakeholders and policymakers - ensuring that responses are effective, equitable and appropriate.

In this area of our web site you'll find articles and resources focusing on living well with HIV, and telling the real personal stories of people with HIV/AIDS.

Key resources

HIV+ Gay Sex
HIV+ Gay Sex (cover)

A booklet about being gay, having HIV and sex. Second Edition (2002).

Having a life
Having a Life (resource) – cover image

This ANET resource takes an innovative peer approach to describing the experience of living with HIV/AIDS, based on the personal stories of people living with HIV. Themes covered include treatments, sexuality, disclosure, work, money, pregnancy and fathering children, and more.

Ahead of Time: A practical guide to growing older with HIV
Ahead of Time cover image

The impact of HIV on our bodies and on the immune system as we get older is greatly affected by ageing.HIV affects each of us differently. Some people progress to symptoms very quickly, while others live for 20-plus years without any signs of immune suppression or symptoms.

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HIV General Practice Workforce Study

Story • Dr Christy Newman • 11 February 2010

The National Centre in HIV Social Research at The University of New South Wales is leading a study investigating the capacity of the general practitioner workforce to meet ongoing HIV primary care needs in Australia. read more »

Declaration of rights for people living with HIV/AIDS

Story • 18 November 2005

Full text of the revised Declaration of Rights for People Living with HIV/AIDS, launched at the NAPWA Conference on 19 November. read more »

What's Your Problem?

Positive Living article • Dr Louise Owen • 2 September 2010

Doctor Louise answers readers' questions. In this issue she discusses genital warts and sleep problems. read more »

Decriminalisation works, criminalisation doesn’t

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 2 September 2010

PAUL KIDD reports that the increasing global trend towards criminalising HIV transmission and exposure was roundly condemned at AIDS 2010. read more »

Ageing, long-term complications and nutrition

Positive Living article • David Menadue • 2 September 2010

Reporting back from the AIDS Conference in Vienna, DAVID MENADUE discovers that ‘HIV and ageing’ is a universal issue, that long-term complications may be more prevalent than we thought and that good nutrition really is a good idea. read more »

Food to live by

Positive Living article • Shane Duniam • 27 August 2010
living with HIV

Wollumbin, in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, is the first place in Australia to see the sun. It is also where thirty-five gay men with HIV retreated recently for a long weekend of good food, courtesy of Shane Duniam. read more »

Eating calmly

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 27 August 2010

With all this talk about inflammation, Adrian Ogier thought it was worth investigating the anti-inflammatory diet.

The theory of the anti-inflammatory diet is pretty simple. It goes that some foods have a ‘calming’ or anti-inflammatory affect on your body while others don’t. read more »

Putting out the fire

Positive Living article • Neil McKellar-Stewart • 27 August 2010

An Australian expert was heard to say recently that AIDS has been cured and HIV should now be thought of as a disease of inflammation. Neil McKellar-Stewart tends to agree.

More and more these days, health issues apart from HIV are taking centre stage in our lives. On top of the list are lifestyle changes that we are being encouraged to make to reduce our risk of contracting other illnesses. read more »

Preparing ourselves for the future

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 27 August 2010

In ten years time over half of Australia’s positive population will be over the age of 55. What this means exactly for the community, ageing and health sectors is something 60 agency representatives from around the country came together to discuss at NAPWA’s recent think tank on ‘HIV & Ageing’. read more »

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