NAPWA

This booklet contains the relevant law on disclosure of HIV status as it applies in New South Wales as at 1 January 2008. read more »

January and February this year were marked by a furore of sensationalist media about Hector Scott, a resident of the ACT who first appeared in the ACT Magistrates court charged with providing a commercial sexual service while knowing he was infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), and failing to register as a sex worker. read more »

The ACT government’s handling of a case involving an alleged HIV-positive sex worker has been clumsy, alarmist and has failed to follow basic public health guidelines, the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has said. read more »

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations in relation to routine HIV testing would contravene many US state laws requiring pre-test counselling and patient informed consentThe process of learning the key facts about a clinicalPertaining to or founded on observation and treatment of participants, as distinguished from theoretical or basic science. trialA clinical trial is a research study to answer specific questions about vaccines or new therapies or new ways of using known treatments. Clinical trials are used to determine whether new drugs or treatments are both safe and effective. Carefully conducted clinical trials are the fastest and safest way to find treatments that work in people. Trials are in four phases: Phase I tests a new drug or treatment in a small group; Phase II expands the study to a larger group of people; Phase III expands the study to an even larger group of people; and Phase IV takes place after the drug or treatment has been licensed and marketed. before deciding whether or not to participate. It is also a continuing process throughout the study to provide information for participants. To help someone decide whether or not to participate, the doctors and nurses involved in the trial explain the details of the study., according to an analysis published in October. read more »

A Sydney woman is suing two doctors after they failed to inform her of her partner’s positive HIV and hepatitis B tests.  read more »

They’ve been called ‘the sex police’ but meeting these three compassionate and understanding nurses, it’s hard to understand why. read more »

Police in Victoria have sought a court order to access the confidential health records of an HIV-positive man who is under investigation for having unprotected sex with two women. read more »

The text of the first NAPWA declaration of rights adopted by the NAPWA Conference in 1993. read more »