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Russian HIV Prevention Group Closes After Fine Under 'Foreign-Agent' Law

A Russian nongovernmental organization focused on preventing the spread of the HIV virus that causes AIDS says it has closed its office in the Siberian region of Altai Krai because it has not been able to raise funds to pay a fine for refusing to register in Russia as a “foreign agent.”

Published
05 December 2018
From
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Women
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
HIV prevention policy
Mike Pence’s HIV/AIDS Hypocrisy

The vice president says he’s ready to fight HIV, but his record says otherwise.

Published
29 November 2018
From
Huffington Post (video)
HIV prevention policy
Could R100 a Month Be Enough to Keep South Africa's Young Women HIV Free?

In a world hemmed by patriarchy and poverty, cash transfers could be the missing link in SA's HIV prevention programmes.

Published
29 November 2018
From
Bhekisisa
Clinical trials
How to evaluate PrEP and vaccines: urgency for next generation compounds

Several presentations at R4P 2018 looked at the new challenges of evaluating efficacy of new PrEP and vaccine candidates.

Published
05 November 2018
From
HIV i-Base
PrEP policies and guidelines
The NHS Refused To Give This Man The HIV Prevention Drug. He Got HIV.

A man who asked his local sexual health clinic for PrEP, the HIV prevention drug, but who was denied it because the NHS has capped the supply, was diagnosed as HIV-positive just a few months later, BuzzFeed News can reveal.

Published
04 November 2018
From
BuzzFeed
HIV prevention policy
More Prevention Research Needed to Control the HIV/AIDS Pandemic

In a plenary lecture at the HIV Research for Prevention (HIV R4P) conference, being held in Madrid, Spain, Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease presented a session entitled “Ending the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: The Critical Role of HIV Prevention Science.”

Published
29 October 2018
From
Contagion Live
Finance and funding
Continued declines in HIV research funding put global prevention targets at great risk

HIV prevention research funding continued to decline in 2017 for the fifth consecutive year, driven largely by a five-year low in US public sector funding, according to a report released today at the HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P 2018) conference in Madrid, Spain.

Published
26 October 2018
From
HIV Prevention R&D Working Group
People and personal stories
SA scientist honoured by HIV community

South African HIV scientist Professor Linda-Gail Bekker was awarded the 2018 Desmond Tutu Award for HIV Prevention Research and Human Rights last night (21 October) at a conference in Madrid, Spain.

Published
23 October 2018
From
Health-e News
HIV prevention policy
Trump Administration Policies Undermine the Global HIV Response

An open letter by more than 200 HIV scientists, researchers and clinicians denouncing the deterioration of U.S. evidence-based policymaking.

Published
19 October 2018
From
Poz
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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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