HIV and AIDS Treatment In Practice: a new e-mail newsletter -Julian Meldrum, UK ***************************** 'HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice' is an email newsletter for doctors, nurses, other health care workers and community treatment advocates working in limited-resource settings, to be launched, free of charge, on Thursday 13 March 2003. The newsletter is published by NAM, the UK-based HIV information charity behind www.aidsmap.com. The newsletter will be edited by Julian Meldrum, NAM 's international editor, julian@nam.org.uk A voluntary advisory panel, of 23 medical practitioners (from the public, private and NGO sectors), academic researchers and people from community organisations, working in middle-income and low-income countries, is central to this newsletter. The panel will guide the development of the newsletter and comment on key issues from their experience of implementing HIV and AIDS treatment. Further volunteers are welcomed. Further information (including a web-based archive) is available at: http://www.aidsmap.com/main/hatip.asp Goals Of HIV and AIDS Treatment In Practice Our goal is to consider, in practical terms, how appropriate and effective treatment, including but not limited to ARVs, can become a reality for all who need it. We acknowledge in this title that for medicines to be effective in the real world, other things are important besides the supply of drugs. These begin with the relationships between treatment providers and people with HIV. Beyond this, effective treatment depends on wider patterns of practical and psychological support and care within families and communities. While the political and international financial context is very important for access to treatment and care, other forums exist for discussion of those issues and so they will not be covered in 'HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice', except as links to aidsmap news stories. Special Features Of The Newsletter: **Each issue will review one major topic in HIV & AIDS treatment. In the first few issues, we will be looking at implementing co-trimoxazole prophylaxis, fixed-dose ARV combinations, and treating active TB while giving ARVs at the same time. **You can order further articles, providing more detail and supplementary information, to be sent to you by e-mail. This reduces the amount of time you have to spend on the internet. **Each newsletter will contain specialist comment from doctors with expertise in delivering ARVs and AIDS treatment in resource-limited settings. **Each edition will contain up to date information on ARVs and how they are being used in resource-limited settings. **All articles are medically reviewed to ensure accuracy, balance and relevance. **The newsletter is NOT sponsored by any pharmaceutical company. Who Is It For? * anyone directly involved in providing HIV and AIDS treatment in limited resource settings * anyone planning the development of treatment and care services in limited resource settings Frequency This e-mail newsletter is due to appear twice every month. HOW TO SUBSCRIBE *To subscribe, please follow the instructions below, and do NOT reply to this email. If you have web access, sign up at the following website: http://www.aidsmap.com/components/subscribe.asp For people who have internet email access only, please send an email with your name, email address and the country in which you work to: hatip@nam.org.uk with the words "add HATIP list" in the 'subject' line. Reproduction And Translation While the newsletter is only available in English and by email (or from a web-based archive), permission for republication and distribution in different formats and translation into different languages is freely granted to community-based and not-for-profit organisations, provided the source is acknowledged and an electronic copy of any translation is supplied to NAM. ABOUT NAM NAM was established in 1987 and has been publishing information on HIV treatment for people with HIV and health care professionals since 1991. NAM also runs an award-winning website, <http://www.aidsmap.com> in partnership with the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and the British HIV Association. NAM originally stood for `National AIDS Manual`, the UK's first comprehensive guide to HIV prevention, care and services. NAM now publishes more than a dozen directories and manuals each year. For more information about NAM and its services, use the link below: http://www.aidsmap.com/about/nam/about_nam.asp#NAM Julian Meldrum Email:julian@nam.org.uk