Positive Living July 2006

The July 2006 issue of Positive Living, NAPWA's national HIV news magazine.

HIV: Who Cares?

A landmark high-level United Nations meeting has failed to make any firm commitment to increased access to HIV treatment, despite energetic lobbying by AIDS activists to head off a weakened international response to HIV/AIDS.

Accusations fly over Melbourne HIV arrest

The arrest of a Melbourne man accused of deliberately transmitting HIV has generated national headlines and prompted accusations of mishandling of the case by Victorian public health authorities.

‘Talk with us, not about us’

!(thumbnail)/files/2005-1-png-thumb.jpg( )! Maura Elaripe, an HIV-positive treatments activist and one of the founding members of Papua New Guinea’s newly-formed national organisation for people living with HIV/AIDS, Igat Hope, was invited to speak at the UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, but due to transport problems was unable to attend. This is the speech she had prepared.

Stepping up to the plate

Volunteers are now being sought for the clinical trial of an experimental preventive HIV vaccine. People at high risk of contracting HIV, aged between 18 and 45, who live in Sydney are eligible for the trial.

Overcoming adversity

Robert Spicer has lived with HIV for 20 years and with HIV-related vision problems for 10. But despite losing most of his sight, he remains fiercely independent and has an inspiring outlook on life. Robert spoke with his partner, BERNIE SLAGTMAN.

Positively identified

Is being HIV-positive an innate part of our identities as positive people, or has the concept of “HIV identity” become less significant in the post-HAART era? DAVID MENADUE investigates.

Buteyko breathing

Was it my imagination? Seeing four people with worsening asthma in one week had started me thinking: was asthma more of a problem for people with HIV now than it had been five, ten or fifteen years ago?
Backgrounder: HIV basics

Non-nukes

Non-nucleosides are a powerful option for treating HIV, but cross-resistance can mean you only get one bite of the cherry. This is the final instalment in a three-part series looking at key drug classes.

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From Positive Living, NAPWA's HIV news magazine, produced four times a year and distributed nationally.

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