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Heterosexual men
Toxic masculinity and the spread of HIV in Uganda

“Most men fear shame, stigma and discrimination, or losing their job, so they conceal their status,” says Yusuf Byaruhanga. “Some don’t see the benefit of coming out as positive.”

Published
14 May 2018
From
African Arguments
Ageing and HIV
Sex a key part of life for people over 65, study says

US survey finds two-fifths of people between 65 and 80 report being sexually active, but topic is rarely discussed

Published
08 May 2018
From
The Guardian
Epidemiology and behaviour
AIDS Runs Rampant in Venezuela, Putting an Ancient Culture at Risk

The disease threatens an entire indigenous population, the Warao people of the Orinoco Delta, as government programs collapse.

Published
08 May 2018
From
New York Times
Money, benefits and housing
The Housing Crisis Is So Bad That Men Are Having To Sleep In Gay Saunas

Gay saunas are now at a new frontier of the homelessness epidemic, mopping up the capital’s acute shortage of affordable rental properties and social housing. The scale of the problem is so great that some saunas are having to change their admission policies, fearful of contravening licensing laws.

Published
06 May 2018
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Buzzfeed
Money, benefits and housing
This Is What Happens To Men Forced To Offer Sex To Avoid Sleeping On The Street

In the second part of BuzzFeed News' gay sex-for-rent investigation, men speak out about the extreme violence and danger they face, as charities describe the shocking scale of the problem. “There’s never a time when I don’t think ‘This could be it,’” said one man. "'I could lose my life.’”

Published
06 May 2018
From
Buzzfeed
Epidemiology and behaviour
Computer Models Are Changing How We Craft HIV-AIDS Policies

A computer modeling of AIDS-affected populations of sub-Saharan Africa has recently enabled the World Health Organization (WHO) to identify a cost-effective measure to address the increasing prevalence of drug-resistant HIV in the region.

Published
04 May 2018
From
Healthcare Analytics News
Women
The Blesser's Curse

How sugar daddies and vaginal microbes created the world’s largest HIV epidemic.

Published
23 March 2018
From
The Atlantic
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology
HIV, syphilis cluster in teens, adults found in Milwaukee

At least 125 people — including some high school students — have contracted HIV, syphilis or both in one of the largest sexually transmitted infection “clusters” seein in the USA. Most of those in the group are men and 45% were HIV positive, according to the Milwaukee Jornal-Sentionel.

Published
12 March 2018
From
USA Today
Epidemiology and behaviour
The Kremlin won't admit that Russia's HIV epidemic is getting worse

Russia is in the throes of an HIV/AIDS epidemic with 100,000 new cases recorded every year — one of the highest rates of new infections in the world — and fewer than half of those diagnosed even receive treatment.

Published
27 February 2018
From
VICE News
Epidemiology and behaviour
There's an uptick in HIV in these millennial groups. Here's why.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a report about HIV trends for people under 30 in the U.S., and the numbers show an increase in one particular group: 25- to 29-year-olds. Rates of HIV testing are low among millennials.

Published
27 February 2018
From
Mashable
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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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