Were any new facts disclosed, or was it just an opportunity for female networking, nice food in Te Papa, and general infromation update? More of the latter I believe.
Dr Anita Nolan, the Dental specialist from Auckland, gave an excellent rundown of preventative dental care, which is still, unfortunately, prohibitively expensive. Dr Rosemary Jones was the name given for a local dental practitioner who is sensitive to the HIV situation.
Judith Muakayange from Positive Women gave a humorous talk on surviving and overcoming stigma. Anna Beard gave an interesting talk on the increasing usage and need for the female condom at the same price as men's, a sample of which was given to all attendees.
One good fact received, Savacole is an excellent mouth hygiene product available over the counter.
Will there ever be a cure? Eradication or a 'functional' cure?
Interactive recorded interviews with HIV positive women...
The Canadian Consensus as to what is the actual risk of virus transmission? Discovered to be negligable for people on ART with undetectable viral load. Criminalisation does nothing to reduce HIV infections but just increases the stigma and discrimination which could effectively increase the viral transmission.
Launching the Condom on Parliament steps
...trying to get the female condom subsidised to equal the cost of male condoms which are freely distributed at sex venues and clubs all around the country.
Anna holding forth on the condom
With Lesley from BP
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