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HIV charity Food Chain wins £1m boost; new projects aim to reduce social isolation

London HIV charity Food Chain has received a £1 million sponsorship from the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The charity hopes to use the £1 million donation to widen its services and consult dietitians to cater to individual cases. It also plans to set up communal eating groups for isolated people and hold nutrition and cooking training.

Published
18 January 2011
From
Pink News
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Chefs with Issues – Suvir Saran on HIV/AIDS activism

This is the first on a two-part interview with Saran on the subject of HIV/AIDS activism, the disease's impact on the food world and his personal life, his identity as an Indian and a gay man and the healing power of a good meal.

Published
14 January 2011
From
AC360 blog, CNN
HIV treatment
Ex-Arusha clergyman claims discovery of HIV/Aids cure

This influential priest broke the news before a group of Maasai traditional leaders, Laigwanan, telling them the treatment was revealed to him by God in a dream. The invention has stirred controversy and fear among government officials.

Published
19 December 2010
From
IPPmedia
United Kingdom
HIV patients to get new services for long-term health

An innovative voluntary sector partnership is developing new HIV services to transform the way people manage the condition long-term.

Published
16 September 2010
From
Pink Paper
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
South Africa: The Link Between Mental Health and HIV

People living with HIV and AIDS are at an increased risk of developing serious mental disorders, according to mental health professionals at a Johannesburg meeting this week.

Published
09 September 2010
From
AllAfrica
Meth use among young gay men remains a pervasive problem

Local health-care and counseling organizations are reaching out to meth users in the gay community, hoping to steer users away from the drug. Studies show that about one out of 10 gay or bisexual men in King County uses crystal meth in any given year and that meth users are among the highest risk groups for contracting HIV.

Published
26 August 2010
From
Seattle Times
Vaccinations and immunisations
WHO Grants Prequalification Status To Pneumococcal Vaccine, Paving Way For U.N. Procurement

The WHO "has granted prequalification status to Pfizer Inc.'s children's pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13, paving the way for United Nations agencies and governments to start ordering the product," the Associated Press reports.

Published
24 August 2010
From
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Same-sex relationships 'help self-esteem' in gay and lesbian teenagers

Same-sex relationships give gay male teenagers better self-esteem and lower internalised homophobia in teenage lesbians, a study suggests. The study, carried out by the University of Michigan, did not find similar effects in heterosexual teenagers' relationships.

Published
29 July 2010
From
Pink News
People with HIV face more problems from living longer

New treatments keep people with HIV alive longer but they age faster, Terrence Higgins Trust and Age UK study shows.

Published
18 July 2010
From
The Observer
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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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