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Positive Living August-September 2005

Cover Story

Flu threat

Positive Living article — Thursday, 13 October 2005

It’s been described as “the biological equivalent of the Boxing Day tsunami” — an outbreak of avian influenza in Australia could cause thousands of deaths, officials have warned, and people living with HIV/AIDS are among the groups at risk. read more »

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News

NAPWA Conference 2005

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

The tenth national conference of people living with HIV/AIDS, to be held in Adelaide, South Australia in November, is set to be the biggest and best yet. read more »

Back to work — for $2.27 an hour

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

Disabled people and those with chronic illnesses will be up to $122 per week worse off and could find themselves working for just $2.27 an hour under the government’s proposed welfare-to-work program, according to a new report. read more »

Feature

On the shoulders of giants

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

The annual conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHMAustralasian Society for HIV Medicine. The peak Australasian organisation representing the medical and health sector in HIV/AIDS and related areas. ) was held in Hobart, Tasmania, from 24-27 August. read more »

My toxic world

Positive Living article • David Menadue • 13 October 2005

The beautiful beaches of Rio de Janeiro are hardly the place in which you’d imagine your thoughts would start turning to mortality, but for a while there not even the incredible, hunky, tanned Adonises strutting before me could distract me from thoughts of impending doom. read more »

Two for treatments

Positive Living article • David Menadue • 13 October 2005

While in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the recent International AIDS Society Conference, DAVID MENADUE caught up with two treatment activists who are helping to make a difference with treatments access for people with HIV in developing countries. read more »

Much more than a junket

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

A report from the 3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, held in Rio de Janiero in July. read more »

A special integrity

Positive Living article • Justice Michael Kirby • 13 October 2005

Edwin Cameron's Witness to AIDS, reviewed by Hon. Justice Michael Kirby. read more »

The ‘C’ word

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

The results of a small study published in The Lancet has generated talk of a possible cure for HIV infection but, writes PAUL KIDD, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. read more »

Regular

Backgrounder

It does get in: The basics of HIV transmission

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

If we take the time to understand how HIV is – and isn’t – transmitted, we are that much better armed to protect our partners. This issue's Backgrounder explains the ins and outs of HIV transmission. read more »

What's Your Problem?

What’s your problem?

Positive Living article • Dr Nick Medland • 13 October 2005

Our resident medical expert, Dr Nick Medland, answers readers' letters. read more »

News Briefs

News and treatments briefs

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

HIV-related news in brief from the August-September 2005 edition of Positive Living. read more »

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