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Black women are more vulnerable to Aids. So why aren’t they being helped?

I’m HIV-positive – and I know black women bear the brunt of funding cuts and are overlooked by prevention programmes

Published
02 December 2018
From
The Guardian
Ethnic and cultural minorities
Let’s stop criminalizing HIV status

Black people represent approximately 2.5 per cent of Canada’s population and 13.6 per cent of people living with HIV. Data shows that among non-disclosure cases, where the race of the defendant is known, only 36 per cent are Black, while 50 per cent are white. Yet this study of media representation found that since 1989, 62 per cent of all newspaper articles about HIV non-disclosure cases have focused on Black defendants. Moreover, since 2012 the majority of high profile cases of persons convicted under HIV criminalization legislation in Canada were African/Black men.

Published
30 November 2018
From
The Conversation
Mental and emotional health problems
Preventing HIV Among Young, Black Teens With Mental Illness

Each year, the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC) honors nurses at the forefront of HIV research. This year, University of Pennsylvania associate professor Bridgette Brawner, Ph.D., APRN, won the Richard L. Sowell Article of the Year Award for her research on heterosexually active black teens with mental illness -- a group that's under-represented in HIV prevention campaigns.

Published
29 November 2018
From
The Body Pro
PrEP programmes and uptake
PrEP in the USA: white people given preference 

Nearly six times as many white people as black people are being prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the USA, despite black people having a greater need. 

Published
26 November 2018
From
AVERT
Ethnic and cultural minorities
HIV Seroconversion Despite PrEP Therapy

The tragedy of continued HIV transmission in the era of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is explored in detail in a viewpoint article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.1 The study evaluated a cohort of 14 young black men who have sex with men (MSM) in Atlanta, Georgia, who experienced HIV seroconversion despite administration of PrEP as part of the EleMENt Study.

Published
22 November 2018
From
Infectious Disease Advisor
Activism
Black Community Wins Big At NOSCARS

CAMPAIGNERS WHO have led efforts to raise awareness of sexual health issues in the black community were honoured a special awards ceremony yesterday (Nov 12).

Published
14 November 2018
From
The Voice
People and personal stories
'Growing up, it felt like I was too gay to be black and too black to be gay'

"What it's like coming out as a black man when people see it as a 'white thing'" - Phil Samba talks to BBC Radio 5 live about coming out as black and gay in the UK

Published
05 November 2018
From
BBC
PrEP programmes and uptake
Why black gay men need PrEP

Black gay and bisexual men are far less likely than their white counterparts to take PrEP.

Published
29 October 2018
From
GMFA
Epidemiology
Australia: Rise in HIV rates among Asian-born gay men prompts call for more services

While rates of new HIV cases are falling in Australia, there's been a sharp increase in diagnoses among Asian-born gay men.

Published
09 July 2018
From
SBS
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Two-thirds of black LGBT people face racism within LGBT community

According to new research by UK charity Stonewall, 51% of black and minority ethnic LGBT people said they have faced discrimination based on their race from within the queer community. This number jumps to 61% when broken down to just black people.

Published
29 June 2018
From
Gay Star News
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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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