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History of HIV and AIDS
The Whitewashed History of HIV: A Black Teen Died of AIDS in 1969

The story of Robert Rayford symbolizes how the story of HIV has been told through a white lens — for nearly 50 years.

Published
15 June 2018
From
The Advocate
Epidemiology and behaviour
We’re in a mess.’ Why Florida is struggling with an unusually severe HIV/AIDS problem

The mosaic of patients represents the major drivers of HIV's spread and the communities hard hit by AIDS in the United States. And it helps explain why in 2016, Miami had the highest new infection rate per capita of any U.S. city: 47 per 100,000 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That's more than twice as many as San Francisco, New York City, or Los Angeles.

Published
14 June 2018
From
Science
Epidemiology and behaviour
‘Out’ vs. ‘hidden’ – how HIV transmission patterns differ in men who have sex with men

Men who do not disclose same-sex relations have different HIV transmission patterns compared to other gay and heterosexual men.

Published
13 June 2018
From
AVERT
Epidemiology and behaviour
Some MSM Groups Not Benefitting From PrEP

Rates of HIV infection among some groups of men who have sex with men (MSM) have continued to rise despite the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): Latino MSM, those aged 25 to 34 years, and MSM aged 55 years and older.

Published
08 June 2018
From
Infectious Disease Special Edition (requires free registration)
Epidemiology and behaviour
HIV study reveals new group of men at risk of infection

A study of HIV infection has identified a distinct group of men at risk of infection who have sex with other men, but are not open about their sexuality. They tend to mix with, and acquire infection from, each other and not from openly gay men. They are unlikely to mix in the same social venues as openly gay men and are not likely to disclose that they have sex with other men.

Published
05 June 2018
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Epidemiology and behaviour
Silent epidemic: black gay men in US face 50-50 risk of HIV

The risk of contracting HIV is one in two if you are a black man in the US who has sex with men. This statistic is all the more startling because so few people are aware of it.

Published
04 June 2018
From
The Guardian
Epidemiology and behaviour
Chile's new sexual freedom leads to AIDS spike

The winds of change are blowing through Chile where a youthful sexual revolution is shattering taboos -- but also sparking an explosion of HIV cases that has set off alarm bells in the traditionally conservative Latin American country.

Published
31 May 2018
From
Times Live
PrEP
Starting PrEP Is Tied to an Increased Likelihood of Contracting STIs

Starting PrEP is associated with an increase in the likelihood of being diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among MSM/TGWs. This finding, from a review of multiple studies of PrEP including thousands of participants, suggests that condom use declines in this population during the period immediately following embarking upon a regimen of Truvada for HIV prevention.

Published
31 May 2018
From
POZ
Access to medicines and treatment
The US has an HIV epidemic – and its victims are gay black men

There is an epidemic of HIV/Aids in the United States, and the reason you may not have heard about it is because of who it harms: black men who have sex with other men. When I give lectures on Aids, I will often tell incredulous audiences early in my presentation that one in every two gay and bisexual men in the US are projected to become HIV positive in their lifetime. Later, I tell them that, more specifically, the Centers for Disease Control predicts one in every two black gay and bisexual men is projected to become HIV positive in his lifetime if current trends continue.

Published
30 May 2018
From
The Guardian
Epidemiology and behaviour
HIV and chemsex on rise in Hong Kong among men who have sex with men

Centre for Health Protection interviewed 4,133 men for study, which found infection rate in city had risen by more than 2 percentage points.

Published
30 May 2018
From
South China Morning Post
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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