This study reports on the availability of information about HIV prevention in Victoria for communities from the Horn of Africa, Arabic-speaking, Vietnamese and Thai. It investigates perceptions and understandings of HIV in these communities, and how appropriate available information is to their cultural backgrounds and their needs.

There are nearly 20 million women living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, comprising half of the total number of people living with this virus. Like the women overseas, women living with HIV in Australia have diverse in their experiences, values, needs and expectations. This report surveys the diversity of the experiences of HIV positive women.

This is the follow up report to a similar study conducted in 1998.

Based on information from over 1000 people living with HIV, this report examines the treatments and services being used, patterns of sexual behaviour and relationships, and the impact of HIV on the everyday lives of those who participated in the study. This is the fourth report of the HIV Futures project.

This study is unique in that it offers three different perspectives on treatment: those of people with Hepatitis C, general practitioners and specialist physicians.