This Treataware fact sheet explains the current knowledge about cardiovascular (heart) disease risk in people living with HIV/AIDS, and some strategies for minimising risk.
Treataware
Treataware (formerly the AIDS Treatment Project Australia) is a specific and dedicated treatment program, auspiced by NAPWA, that aims to promote health monitoring, treatments and treatments awareness, and support education and information initiatives for people living with HIV/AIDS.
The ATPA was formed in 1998 as an extension of the work of the Treatments Working Group of PLWHA NSW, and was subsequently moved under the auspices of NAPWA due to the need for a national outreach program for HIV treatments. in 2008 the project was renamed Treataware.
Treataware's work today includes:
- The Treataware website, with treatments information and a searchable database of HIV clinical trials.
- Development of HIV treatments-related educational materials and fact sheets.
- The national Treatments Information Roadshow events held around Australia.
- Hosting the popular Chin Wag community discussion forums.
- Working with the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) to present the Short Course in HIV Medicine for community workers and the HIV pharmaceutical industry.
- Facilitating the national Treatments Officers' Network (TON).
Minimising the risk of cardiovascular disease (updated)
Fact Sheet • By: Brent Beadle • 26 June 2008 - 12:57pm
Lipoatrophy: options for preventing, managing and treating fat loss associated with HIV treatments (updated)
Fact Sheet • By: Brent Beadle • 26 June 2006 - 11:38am
A Treataware fact sheet on Lipoatrophy – the loss or ‘wasting’ of fat from the face, as well as sometimes the buttocks, upper arms legs or thighs. Options for prevention, treatment and management of fat loss associated with HIV treatments.
Factors to discuss with your doctor when considering your choice of Antiretroviral Drugs
Fact Sheet • By: Brent Beadle • 11 November 2005 - 11:03am
This Treataware fact sheet is a quick reference to the factors people with HIV and their doctors need to consider when choosing an antiretroviral treatment regimen.
Up, up and away: tips for the positive traveller
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A guide for HIV-positive people who travel overseas, produced by PLWHA NSW in partnership with ACON and Roche and distributed by the AIDS Treatment Project Australia.
A guide for HIV-positive people who travel overseas, produced by PLWHA NSW in partnership with ACON and Roche and distributed by the AIDS Treatment Project Australia. Neurological and psychological complications of HIV
Fact Sheet • By: Brent Beadle • 1 November 2003 - 12:00am
This Treataware fact sheet looks at the various neurological and psychological illnesses that affect people with HIV/AIDS including AIDS dementia complex, toxoplasmosis, PML, lymphoma and depression.
HIV and HCV (hepatitis C virus) co-infection
Fact Sheet • By: Brent Beadle • 1 November 2002 - 12:00am
This Treataware fact sheet explains the issues around coinfection with hepatitis C for people with HIV/AIDS, including ways to minimise risk and treatment options.