Putin turned to the Orthodox Church to help consolidate his rule. And the Church cracked down on sensible approaches to sexually transmitted diseases. Now, Russia has a crisis on its hands..
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- 26 February 2018
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Politico
A new peer-reviewed study finds that the legacy of the legal system of a country’s former colonizer has a significant effect on HIV rates in the country. Different legal systems approached property rights for married women in different ways.
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- 22 February 2018
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UN Dispatch
According to the Centre for AIDS Prevention and Control in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation, fewer people are becoming infected with HIV in the city. “Ten years ago, Saint Petersburg was among the top five most affected cities in the Russian Federation. Now it is only the 14th most affected,” said Denis Gusev, Head Physician of the AIDS centre.
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- 21 February 2018
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UNAIDS
Faced with sexual health crisis of epidemic proportions, Philippine President advises against using protection.
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- 21 February 2018
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The Independent
They are known as the players, plyers, sugar daddies or blessers. They enter into relationships with young girls as a transaction: you give me unprotected sex and I give you money, a cell phone, airtime, new clothes, make up, school fees, a car, whatever you or your family might need. South African healthcare workers should actively implement and support strategies that target people at risk and “blessers” who are driving the HIV epidemic among young women.
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- 15 February 2018
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Medical Brief
The charity Independent Age said its survey showed age was "no barrier to having a sex life". A third are happy to have sex on a first date but most did not take any precautions against sexually transmitted infections when they started having sex with a new partner.
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- 14 February 2018
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BBC
While so much of the discussion around race and HIV seems to conjure up negative perceptions about people in the communities most impacted, today I want to pose a more positive framing for the discussion.
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- 08 February 2018
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AIDS United
Two or three times a year, there’ll be a report released on how many new sexually transmitted infections were diagnosed in the previous year. Usually there’s an up-tick in something and media coverage follows like, well, clockwork. Just as predictable are the narratives invoked to contextualise the findings - online dating, hookup apps, ‘complacency as a result of improvements to HIV treatment', decreased condom use and more young people travelling overseas.
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- 31 January 2018
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Overland
Evidence suggests that exposure to certain types of mental and physical stress in adolescence may make it more likely that as adults they will practice behaviors that increase the risk of HIV infection.
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- 07 January 2018
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MD Mag
Despite national progress, the South is experiencing ‘an HIV hurricane.’
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- 06 December 2017
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U.S. News & World Report
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