Throughtout the 1990's and until mid-2003 ACRIA co-sponsored regular Community HIV Treatment Forums on healthcare topics of interest to the PLWA community. Typically, two prominent experts in the fields of HIV research and healthcare presented at these events. Below are, summaries from our most recent forums:

• July 2002: HAART Break - An Update on Treatment Interruptions
  
  
• March 2002: Relax, It's Just SEX!
  
  
• December 2001: Rectal Health
  
  
• November 2001: Body Shape Changes: Weight Loss and Fat Redistribution
  
  
• October 2001: The Kitchen Sink and More: New Antiretrovirals & Evolving Strategies
  
  
• July 2001: Ups and Downs: Party Drugs and HIV Medications
  
  
• June 2001: Hepatitis, HIV, and Your Liver
  
  
• May 2001: Vaccines Therapy
  
  
• April 2001: Side Effect Management: Body, Heart and Nerves
  
  
• March 2001: Psychological Issues and HIV: Dealing with the Uncertainty of Changing Treatment Strategies
  
  
• February 2001: Update from the 8th Conference on Retroviruses & Opportunistic Infections
  
  
• January 2001: Entry and Integrase Inhibitors: The Next Class of Drugs
  
  
• November 2000: Lipodystrophy and Women
  
  
• October 2000: HIV and STDs
  
  
• September 2000: Update from the International Conference on AIDS in Durban, South Africa
  
  
• July 2000: Benefits of Diet, Supplements and Exercise in HIV Care
  
  
• June 2000: Start/Stop/Switch
  
  
• April 2000: Can Your Immune System Control HIV?
  
  
• March 2000: Lipodystrophy
  
  
• February 2000: Update from the Retrovirus Conference
  
  
• January 2000: HIV/Hepatitis C Coinfection: Confronting Twin Epidemics
  
  
• December 1999: Thinking HAART: Psychological Issues in the Treatment of HIV/AIDS
  
  
• November 1999: Update from the Women's Conference
  
  
• October 1999: Salvage Therapies
  
  
• September 1999: Preventative Therapies
  
  
• July 1999: Substance Use and HIV Therapy
  
  
• June 1999: Complementary Therapies
  
  
• May 1999: Cervical and Anal Cancers
  
  
• April 1999: Switching Therapies: Treatment Failure & Resistance Testing
  
  
• March 1999 Immune-Based Therapies 

Summaries of quarterly Community Treatment Forums at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan were made possible by generous grants from the Verizon Foundation.