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.
1 HIV, Sex and You
- 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
2 HIV and preventing sexual transmission
- 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
3 HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
- Sexual health check-ups
- Sexually transmitted infections
You can download HIV and Sex free here
You can read the booklet online here
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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
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Treatment Booklet Updated
posted: 18/03/2010
The latest issue of NAM’s booklet, anti-HIV drugs, is just out. It tells you about each of the drugs currently licensed for HIV treatment in the UK.
All the booklets in this series are free to people living with HIV in the UK, or can be ordered through the aidsmap online bookshop for £1.
You can read it online, or download the booklet as a pdf.
Colour HIV drugs chart - new edition
The new edition of their full colour HIV drugs chart (February 2010 edition) is also now available to download as a pdf.
Clinics and HIV support groups
If you work in a clinic or support group in the UK, you can order these booklets for free for your clients and patients. Get in touch with Rose for details on 020 7840 0060 or by emailing her.
For the experts - HIV Treatment Directory
The new edition of the HIV Treatments Directory (28th edition) is also now available.
A complete reference guide to HIV treatment and medical aspects of HIV, with A to Z listings and an intuitive layout. Comprehensive information, and details of published research covering topics including:
• starting and changing treatment
• A to Z of antiretroviral drugs
• women's health issues
• drug resistance
• drug interactions and pharmacokinetics
• HIV and genetics
• side-effects
• the immune system and HIV
• prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Plus a full-colour drug chart and CD-ROM.
To order your copy, please visit NAM's webshop
People's price
It costs professionals a few pence under £65 but people with HIV can buy it for £12.95 – it’s free but this is the cost of special delivery for this large, heavy book.
The Treatments Directory is excellent but has much more information than most people with HIV want. George House Trust has a copy you can use in our reception area.
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HIV and Children Booklet
posted: 03/02/2010
HIV & Children, NAM’s easy to read booklet is now updated and freshly available. It tells you all about HIV treatment and care for HIV-positive children.
Like all NAM's booklets it’s free to people with HIV
Or read them online
or download the booklets as PDFs from them direct
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HIV and Children Booklet
posted: 14/01/2010
NAM have a new version of their information booklet, HIV & Children. HIV & Children provides the latest information about HIV treatment and care for children living with HIV.
It's free for people living with HIV in the UK.
Other people can buy a copy from the online bookshop for £1.
Free to read online
It can also be read free online or you can download a free copy as a pdf file you can then print out.
Copies for clinics and HIV organisations
If you work in a clinic or support group in the UK, you can order these booklets for free. Get in touch with Rose for details on 020 7840 0060 or by emailing Rose.
All NAM's booklets
read any booklet online
download any booklet as a free pdf file
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