Current issues

In this section you will find links to information about current issues of particular concern to NAPWA and to people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia

NAPWA Positive Women endorse new Terms of reference (TOR)

3 stonesNAPWA positve women have recently endorsed new Terms of reference for the advisory group.

Rocky Mountain CROI

 The 13th annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) took place in Denver, Colorado, from February 5 to 8. The major breaking news from this conference was the premature cancellation of the SMART study, but as usual, this important conference produced a great deal more than a single story.

Surviving the Centrelink DSP Review

 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.

PREParing the facts

Kirsty Machon questions the misinformation, controversy and conspiracy theories which put an end to the proposed PREP trials among sex workers in Cambodia and Cameroon.

Relative merit: keeping the HIV research program real

 A paper presented at the 2005 ASHM Conference by NAPWA’s HIV Health Policy Analyst, Kirsty Machon.

Positive women’s views on routine HIV antenatal screening

 A poster presentation from the 2005 ASHM Conference held in Hobart, Tasmania.

Emerging information about the pathogenesis of HIV: implications for urgency of PEP and PREP Research

 A summary of current research into CD4 cell loss in early infection and its implications for HIV prevention, by NAPWA policy analyst Kirsty Machon.