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Swaziland: Swazis Put Lives on Hold Because of Stigma

The widespread fear of stigma and discrimination still leaves many HIV-positive people in Swaziland feeling so despondent they put their lives on hold. Many HIV-positive women have decided not to have children, while some feel marriage is no longer an option, a new survey has found.

Published
21 August 2011
From
AllAfrica
Experiences of stigma
HIV positive people fear having children

Almost half of the people living with HIV/AIDS habour fears of bearing children, according to the Stigma Index Report released yesterday.

Published
15 August 2011
From
Times of Swaziland
Bad science and bogus treatments
The crazy things they say: politicians and HIV

Christine Ondoa joins a long list of African leaders who have been criticized for comments deemed detrimental to the fight against HIV; here are some of the more controversial statements made by politicians.

Published
03 August 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Understanding the drivers of homophobia in Ghana

Recent condemnation of homosexuality by religious and political leaders in Ghana has led to a climate of fear preventing men who have sex with men (MSM) from accessing vital health services, say local NGOs.

Published
01 August 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
HIV and criminal law
UK: The return of the "HIV Monster"

The tabloid press pandered to their readers' prejudices and characterised this human being who had make mistakes (as human beings do) as an 'HIV Monster'.

Published
27 July 2011
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Criminal HIV Transmission
How HIV works
Study: After 30 years, Americans still lack HIV understanding

25 percent thought one could get HIV by sharing a drinking glass with some one with HIV, 45 percent say they’d be uncomfortable having their food prepared by someone who is HIV‐positive, 36 percent with having an HIV‐positive roommate, 29 percent having their child in a classroom with an HIV‐positive teacher, and 18 percent working with someone with HIV.

Published
18 July 2011
From
Michigan Messenger
Uganda
The rape of men

Sexual violence is one of the most horrific weapons of war, an instrument of terror used against women. Yet huge numbers of men are also victims. In this harrowing report, Will Storr travels to Uganda to meet traumatised survivors, and reveals how male rape is endemic in many of the world's conflicts.

Published
17 July 2011
From
The Observer
Zimbabwe senator calls for "castrating" men to curb HIV

An MDC-T senator has proposed controversial means of injecting men with an immobilisers to curb the dramatic increase of HIV among married couples, the state media has revealed.

Published
16 July 2011
From
Zim Diaspora
Finance and funding
Larry Brown: Setting back fight against AIDS

Some politicians just aren't heeding all the pleas for civility in politics. Or even sanity in politics. Like state Rep. Larry Brown of Kernersville, who last week said that the government shouldn't spend money to treat HIV among adults "living in perverted lifestyles."

Published
17 January 2011
From
Charlotte Observer
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
AFA Leader: Gays Should Pay for AIDS Research 

Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis for the conservative American Family Association, says he thinks gays should have to start footing the bill for AIDS research because “homosexual sex and injection drug use” cause the disease.

Published
06 December 2010
From
The Advocate
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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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