A changing epidemic

This edition of HIV Australia looks at people's experiences of growing older with HIV and examines the synergies between HIV, antiretrovirals and age-related conditions.

Also in this issue: an update on antiretroviral (ARV)-based prevention.

Cover: Old Boots by Guy Pascoe.

October 2010

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In this issue:

News and commentary

Antiretroviral (ARV)-based prevention DEAN MURPHY provides an update on microbicides and treatments as prevention from the 2010 International AIDS Conference

Launch of the Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights MICHAEL WILLIAMS reports

‘Can you imagine a World AIDS Conference without the Red Umbrellas?’ MICHAEL WILLIAMS alerts us to the implications of discriminatory US travel restrictions for the 2012 International AIDS conference

Holy writ vs. legal right: reflections on the Global Commission on HIV and the Law and religious ideologies JOHN GODWIN explores tensions between religious ideologies and evidenced-based approaches to public health at a global level

Ageing and HIV

Report from NAPWA's Ageing Think Tank This article only available online

‘Nothing about us without us’: GLBTI older people and older people living with HIV – prospects, possibilities and self-determination DR JO HARRISON advocates for the involvement of older people from HIV-positive and GLBTI communities in responses to issues of HIV and ageing, and reflects on the community response to HIV

Ageing and HIV – the story unfolds … ROSS DUFFIN discusses the latest chapter in the story of HIV in Australia and his own experience of accelerated ageing

A changing epidemic, a changing workforce: implications of HIV and ageing for general practice By CHRISTY NEWMAN, JOHN DE WIT, MICHAEL KIDD, ROBERT REYNOLDS, PETER CANAVAN and SUSAN KIPPAX

Hearing our stories: community views on ageing and HIV RUSSELL WESTACOTT highlights some of the key themes that emerged from a series of community forums on ageing and HIV

‘We don’t have any of those people here … ’ JUDE COMFORT, RITA FREIJAH, BARBARA HORNER, ALEXANDRA McMANUS, GRAHAM LOVELOCK and MICHELLE HUNTER outline unique research into accommodation and service needs of older non-heterosexual populations in Australia

Thriving and surviving: ageing well with HIV JAMES MAY interviews three people about their experiences living with HIV for over twenty years

New frontiers: exploring the psychosocial challenges of growing old with HIV By ANTHONY LYONS, RACHEL KOELMEYER,JEFFREY GRIERSON and MARIAN PITTS

Ready or not: addressing stigma and promoting wellbeing of people living with HIV in aged-care By DR CATHERINE BARRETT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ANNE MITCHELL, LIZZI CRAIG and DR LIZ CROCK

Treatment issues

HAART and mind: HIV-cognitive impairment, antiretroviral therapy and ageing PROF BRUCE J BREW examines the impact of HAART and the ageing process on HIV-cognitive impairment

ART imitates life: the puzzle of HIV, ageing and antiretroviral treatment PROF JENNIFER HOY and DR OLGA VUJOVIC shed light on the complex interplay between antiretroviral therapy and symptoms of chronic disease due to ageing or HIV

Regular features

Review: HIV Treatment and Prevention Technologies in International Perspective Dean Murphy reviews a collection of works from the social science field

Regional profile: HIV in China

Web watch: The Body