Living+ November/December 2004 - Issue 33

Cover Story: Paying the Price - HIV and the sex trade 02 THINK + Opinion & Editorial. Hot Off The Press: the 2004 edition of the Positive Living Manual. 03 REALITY BITES News from home & around the world. BCPWA's New Board of Driectors. Abbott Asked to Pull Kaletra Promotions. Passing of Founding POP Coordinator. Initial NNRTI-Based HAART Regimens Sustained Longer. BCPWA Website Gets New Look. Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events on HAART. Peg-Interferon Causes Serious Eye Problems in Co-Infected. Illinois Law Permits Organ Donors with HIV. Increased Risk of Oral Contraceptive Failure with Nelfinavir. 05 UPDATE ON THE AIDS PANDEMIC The Beast in the East. The AIDS epidemic is spinning out of control in China, Russia, and Eastern Europe. 06 REHABILITATION Beyone the Medical Model. Canadian group brings different meaning to rehabilitation lives. The first in a series of articles about the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR). 07 PAYBACK TIME Class action successfully wins back CCP lump sum payments. 08 ADVOCACY Home Dismal Home. The prevalence of PWAs living in poverty in BC is largely due to inadequate disability funding. 09 HIV AND THE SEX TRADE Paying The Price. For sex workers in Downtown Vancouver, life is a vicious cycle of drug addiction, poverty, homelessness, violence