HIV and Sex Booklet

posted: 10/02/2011

The booklet HIV and Sex  for people living with HIV is now updated for 2011 by NAM. It's in three parts. The booklet has three parts.

• HIV, sex and the law
• How might you feel about sex after an HIV diagnosis?
• Dealing with sexual problems
• Relationships with an HIV-negative partner  

• Anal sex
• Vaginal sex
• Oral sex
• Other sexual activities
• Condoms
• Undetectable viral load and infectiousness
• Reinfection
• Using anti-HIV drugs to prevent infection – PEP and PrEP
• Contraception, conception and pregnancy

• Sexual health check-ups
• Sexually transmitted infections

You can download HIV and Sex free here

You can read the booklet online here

HIV and Women Booklet

posted: 15/12/2010

HIV & Women, the booklet from NAM, has now been updated, with the help of Positively UK.

This booklet has even more essential information for women living with HIV. Like all their other booklets it is free to download.
 

HIV & Women, the booklet from NAM

HIV and Law Book

posted: 28/10/2010

HIV & the criminal law  is now for sale. The book was launched as a free web resource during the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, and now you can buy it in print from the NAM shop.
 

HIV & the criminal law explores the issues relating to the criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission around the world, with information on current laws and practice internationally.

Produced in a handy A5 size, HIV & the criminal law is normally £34.95, but you can buy it with £5 off, at their special introductory price of £29.95.
 

Contact NAM for more details, or to place an order, on 020 7840 0050 or by emailing.
 

facebook - Disability Hate Crime Network

posted: 30/07/2010

People interested in stopping HIV hate and other forms of disability hate crime can join the facebook self-help group.

Fighting HIV and disability hate crime, bullying, abuse, and stigma is a big current issue with a major Inquiry collecting evidence of the problem. You can find out more about the Inquiry and how to tell your story here.

HIV Policy expert Chris Morley of George House Trust was interviewed at length about the hate crime experiences and impacts on people living with HIV, what works in combating HIV stigma as part of this Inquiry. But people's first hand accounts really need to be heard.

Join the facebook Disability Hate Crime Network here.

HIV and the Criminal Law

posted: 22/07/2010

A new book, HIV and the Criminal Law, has just appeared online from NAM/aidsmap. It will also be published on paper in the autumn.

HIV & the Criminal Law is about criminalisation of HIV transmission and exposure and the effects this has on individuals and society. It is written for people living with HIV, advisers, policy and lawmakers, people in the criminal justice system, and journalists.

George House Trust's policy expert Chris Morley helped with the production of the book by commenting and making suggestions on some of the chapters.

Here's the book's contents which available to read in full here

• Preface By The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG and Edwin Cameron, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
• Introduction - How this resource addresses the criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission
• Fundamentals - An overview of the global HIV pandemic, and the role of human rights and the law in the international response to HIV
• Laws - A history of the criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission, and a brief explanation of the kinds of laws used to do this
• Harm - Considers the actual and perceived impact of HIV on wellbeing, how these inform legislation and the legal construction of HIV-related harm
• Responsibility - Looks at two areas of responsiblity for HIV prevention: responsibility for HIV-related sexual risk-taking and responsibility to disclose a known HIV-positive status to a sexual partner
• Risk - An examination of prosecuted behaviours, using scientific evidence to determine actual risk, and how this evidence has been applied in jurisdictions worldwide
• Proof - Foreseeability, intent, causality and consent are key elements in establishing criminal culpability. The challenges and practice in proving these in HIV exposure and transmission cases
• Impact - An assessment of the impact of criminalisation and HIV – on individuals, communities, countries and the course of the global HIV epidemic
• Details: international resource and individual country data - a summary of laws, prosecutions and responses to criminalisation of HIV exposure or transmission internationally, and key sources of more information.

Ordering paper copies of the book

If you want to buy a paper copy when this appears in the autumn please email NAM