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Over the past two years NAPWHA, in collaboration with the National Centre in HIV Social Research UNSW, has conducted social research into the experiences and effects of stigma on the lives of people living with HIV. What we found is both encouraging and challenging. read more »

The Spring Issue of Positive Living is out now and Robert Mitchell’s report from the World AIDS Conference in Washington heads a round-up of news; Adrian Ogier summarises three of the latest cure-related research findings; David Menadue writes on ‘The Power of Resilience'; Neil McKellar Stewart reminds us ‘Why treatment is good for you’; Ruth Hennessey talks about Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; Dr Louise discusses gonorrhoea and herpes; and the final 'Tale from the Network' deals with fatigue.

You can read the Spring Issue online or in the’flip-book’ format and you can like us on Facebook! read more »

Women comprise nearly half of the HIV positive population worldwide, but these 15.5 million women tend to be under-represented in clinical trials of HIV drug therapies. read more »

re·sil·ience [ri-zil-ee-uhns] noun
2. ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy.

Unlike dictionaries, psychologists vary in their definition of resilience with some saying it is less about actual recovery and more about ‘the ability to establish and maintain a stable equilibrium across and over time’. Nevertheless, DAVID MENADUE investigates a trait we could probably all do with a little more of. read more »

Being gay can stamp you with certain generalisations. Matthew King objects to one in particular. read more »

Gay Australian Olympian Ji Wallace has delighted the Australian HIV community sector by publicly revealing his HIV status in a recent letter to the Star Observer. read more »

As a follow-up to the preliminary guidelines regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for men who have sex with men, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have also issued interim recommendations for heterosexually active adults. read more »

In a world first, Australian schoolboys will soon be able to get the Gardasil vaccine, which will protect them from contracting the human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16 and 18 — the types most responsible for causing genital warts, precancerous anal lesions and anal cancer. 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 »

Landmark US approval of the drug (Truvada) TDF/FTC for use in preventing HIV infections in sexually active HIV negative adults read more »