One pill, once a week: A new era in HIV treatment
A once-weekly pill currently being studied may soon transform HIV treatment. Two Australians taking part in a Phase 3 trial of this weekly pill, a combination of Islatravir and Lenacapavir (ISL/LEN), share how it’s already changing their lives.
Meeting a fellow traveller
Meeting another long-term survivor is an experience I always look forward to, especially when they’ve been able to live as openly and proudly as Greg Kelly.
Navigating changes in aged care: A focus on older Australians with HIV
As Australia embarks on significant reforms in aged care, particularly with the implementation of the Aged Care Act 2024, NAPWHA has been at the forefront of addressing the intersection of HIV and ageing.
The middle children of the epidemic
This piece is written as a follow-up to ‘The Last of Their Number,’ published in Positive Living magazine two years ago on HIV Long-Term Survivors’ Awareness Day 2023.
Born to survive
It was Dan Savage who summed up the darkest days of the AIDS crisis: “We buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.”
Lighting the way
In 1984, under the gloomy, rain-slicked skies of Melbourne, two men quietly sparked a movement that would resonate for decades to come … Their simple yet powerful vigil was a protest against the indifference surrounding a growing tragedy: the AIDS epidemic.
