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The key to limiting HIV transmission lies in behaviour modification in an enabling environment,’ Senator Louise Pratt told those gathered at the launch of the NAPWA HIV criminalisation monograph in October.

The Canberra launch was hosted by Senator Pratt, who chairs the Parliamentary Liaison Group for HIV/AIDS, Blood-Borne VirusesA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. and STIs[Sexually Transmissible (or Transmitted) Infection] Infections spread by the transfer of organisms from person to person during sexual contact. Also called venereal disease (VD) (an older public health term) or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). . read more »

State and federal governments should make a clear commitment to reforming laws that discriminate against HIV-positive people, state and national organisations representing people living with HIV have said. read more »

Speech by Hon. Kay Hull MP, federal member for Riverina, to launch the NAPWA monograph "The Criminalisation of HIV Transmission in Australia: Legality, Morality and Reality", at Parliament House Canberra on 22 October 2009. watch video »

“The key to limiting HIV transmission lies in behaviour modification in an enabling environment,” Senator Louise Pratt told the launch of the NAPWA HIV criminalisation monograph in Canberra today. read more »

This monograph addresses the issue of criminal prosecution of people who transmit HIV in Australia, examining the legal, moral and ethical justification for laws criminalising HIV transmission and the impacts of criminalisation on people with HIV. read more »

Recent increases in criminal prosecutions of HIV exposure and transmission in Australia have caused considerable concern and led some to ask: is that model of shared responsibility breaking down? NAPWA President Robert Mitchell explains the motivations behind NAPWA’s HIV Criminalisation project. read more »

Increasing prosecutions of people living with HIV for reckless transmission of the virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. are counter-productive to efforts to combat HIV, the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has said. read more »

NAPWA’s Deputy Director, Dr John Rule, along with representatives from GBLTI organisations, attended a meeting with Mary Kostakidis and Father Frank Brennan of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee. read more »

“HIV prevention must be supported from an evidence base of best health promotion practice and with respect for the rights and dignity of those living with HIV,” NAPWA president Robert Mitchell has told today’s opening ceremony of the 21st Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference. read more »

The NAPWA Bulletin is issued once a quarter in the interest of keeping NAPWA's broad networks and members up to date with what’s happening in the HIV Living unit. read more »