National Portfolios & Networks

NAPWA’s volunteer National Portfolio and Network Convenors oversee our work in key areas affecting people with HIV/AIDS:

Proposal-writing guidelines

 A guide to preparing written proposals to seek funding for PLWHA and HIV/AIDS projects, compiled from the experience of those who have been involved in seeking funds for these programs.

Abacavir and heart attacks

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.

Welfare to Work: where to from here?

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.

Unprotected sex: who's responsible?

People with HIV need informed, independent advice to make treatment decisions

Continuing improvements in HIV treatment are helping many people with HIV lead healthy lives, but some HIV-positive people may not be well-enough informed about the latest treatment options, the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has said in a statement to mark the launch of an innovative new HIV treatments information project.

Treataware – coming soon

Treataware, a suite of major NAPWA/ATPA treatments intitatives, will be launched in May 2008.

Good news, bad news: report from CROI

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

NAPWA Positive Women endorse new Terms of reference (TOR)

3 stonesNAPWA positve women have recently endorsed new Terms of reference for the advisory group.

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.

Australia risks being 'stuck in the past' on HIV treatment

Australia's reputation as a world leader in HIV/AIDS treatment is at risk due to the failure of the Australian government to fund a key diagnostic test, the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has warned.