Stories from Positive Living

NAPWA's free newsmagazine for people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia. Published since 1989, PL is Australia's only national publication for positive people.

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World AIDS Day

A broad variety of events to mark World AIDS Day will occur around Australia this year to raise awareness throughout Australia about HIV/AIDS issues, including providing an opportunity for the broader community to show support for positive people, and increase knowledge of prevention initiatives, as well as support services available in the community.

Activists call attention to TB/HIV coinfection issues

TB remains the biggest killer among HIV-positive people, experts estimated on the opening day of the 38th World Lung Health conference in South Africa.

Prevention is everybody’s business

This year’s World AIDS Day theme presents an opportunity for people living with HIV to talk about our role in response to the HIV epidemic in this country, writes NAPWA President Robert Mitchell.

Partnership to tackle HIV, STIs in PNG

Caritas Australia is in charge of rolling out a new partnership in Papua New Guinea, aimed at preventing sexually transmissible infections, particularly HIV.

Lipo: any progress?

While newer antiretrovirals do not appear to cause lipoatrophy, the disfiguring side effect characterised by loss of fat from the face and limbs, the problem is still very much with us. David Menadue examins the latest research and treatments.

AIDS Awareness Week: Do we still need it?

World AIDS Day may remind us of the illness and death associated with living with HIV, but it serves an important purpose in raising awareness, writes David Menadue.

Beware the Grim (or, how I manage my depression)

Many HIV-positive people struggle with depression. Graham Douglas-Meyer shares his strategies for dealing with this most common form of mental illness.

US, China announce changes to restrictions on HIV-positive visitors

Both the United States and China have announced possible changes to existing restrictions on HIV-positive visitors.

HIV treatment, weight and low income risk factors for heart disease in positive people

HIV-positive people need to be targeted for heart disease screening and treatment, according to one of the largest studies of HIV and cardiac health ever conducted; published in the October 15th edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Half all new HIV infections could be averted if prevention funding increased

Half of new HIV infections by 2015 could be prevented if UNAIDS targets for HIV expenditure are met and evidence-based prevention programs are implemented, according to a new report.