The March edition of Positive Living, with coverage of the media frenzy over an alleged HIV-positive sex worker, the annual CROI conference and a controversial statement by Swiss AIDS experts on HIV infectiousness.
Editor: Serena Maluwisa
Media frenzy over positive sex worker
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
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.
A more socially inclusive approach to government?
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
The National Strategy on HIV provides the framework for how Australia will respond to the epidemic into the future, writes NAPWA President Robert Mitchell.
Bareback is the new safe sex – or is it?
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
The announcement by a group of Swiss AIDS experts that people with undetectable viral load are sexually non-infectious needs to be treated with caution, writes Paul Kidd.
Good news, bad news: report from CROI
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
John Daye, NAPWA's Health, Treatments & Research Portfolio Co-Convenor reports from the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held in Boston, USA from 3-6 February 2008
Unprotected sex: who's responsible?
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
Is it acceptable to say that, in some situations, it is OK to look after your own interests when it comes to sex?
Welfare to Work: where to from here?
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
Graham Douglas-Meyer surveys the current status of PLWHA and how the new government will affect changes that have already been made, as well as some thought for the future.
Positive Living Centres: do we still need them?
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
Mostly established at a time when positive people faced isolation and stigma and urgently needed social support, the role of Positive Living is now being questioned. David Menadue investigates.
Abacavir and heart attacks
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
Latest results presented by investigators at the CROI meeting in February in Boston suggested that treatment with abacavir (also found in the combination pills Kivexa and Trizivir) and ddI (didanosine, Videx) may significantly increase the risk of myocardial infarction, or heart attack.
Wilson report: HIV rates projected to rise in Vic and Qld
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
A new HIV mathematical modelling report released by the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) has raised concerns about the possibility of future rises in HIV infection rates in the next seven years if current trends continue.
Online survey on internet use and men's social and sexual lives
From the March 2008 issue of Positive Living
A new survey for gay, bisexual or same-sex- attracted men is now underway and inviting participants to join the online study and provide information which is investigating how internet use relates to different aspects of men's social and sexual lives.

