NAPWA

Cambodian PREP trial halted

A controversial Cambodian trial of tenofovir for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) is unlikely to proceed after sex workers and the Cambodian government claimed the trial did not include adequate safeguards for the health and human rights of the participants. read more »

Pacific leaders adopt HIV strategy

HIV incidence at neonatal clinics in Papua New Guinea have reached levels similar to those seen in South Africa a decade ago, the 35th Pacific Forum was told in early August. read more »

Involvement or tokenism?

Ten years after the adoption of the GIPA (Greater Involvement of People With AIDS) principles at the Paris AIDS Summit, HIV-positive people are still struggling to be heard. NAPWA President GABE McCARTHY reports from Bangkok. read more »

Encouraging signs

After the last International AIDS Conference, held in Barcelona in 2002, I felt profoundly depressed. It just seemed to me that globally a very small amount of progress had been made in a fight against a problem that had got much worse. Furthermore there was little I could point to that suggested things were really going to change. read more »

Partners in spirit

With more than a hundred thousand people living with HIV, Indonesia faces an uphill struggle to roll out treatment, education and care programs. But an inspirational and dynamic national network of positive people is playing its part. read more »

Fifth National Strategy: not just a piece of paper

With public consultations about to begin for the Fifth National HIV/AIDS Strategy, DAVID MENADUE explains the importance of this key document. read more »

A growing problem

For many people, the word ‘diabetes[Diabetes mellitus] A disorder in which sugars in the diet cannot be metabolised into energy due to a lack of the enzyme insulin. Late-onset diabetes mellitus may be a long-term side effect of some anti-HIV drugs.’ conjures up images of insulin injections, highly restricted diets and, perhaps, that pale, sickly kid at school who wasn’t allowed to have any lollies or paddle pops. The reality is somewhat more complex. read more »

You are what you eat

I have never quite understood the concept of an “HIV identity”. What does it mean to say that a virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. in your body has so overwhelmed your life that it has become an essential part of who you are? read more »

Complementary Therapies

Independent predictors

Have you ever felt really run down and fatigued but when you front up for the results of your three-monthly blood test the doctor says; "Everything’s fine! Your viral loadA measurement of the quantity of HIV RNA in the blood. Viral load blood test results are expressed as the number of copies (of HIV) per milliliter of blood plasma. is undetectable and your CD4s are great”? read more »