International HIV Social Sciences and Humanities

aidsmap news from ASSHH 2013

• Biomedical HIV prevention – the social complexities of achieving effectiveness

  HIV prevention policy
  Roger Pebody | 25 July 2013

  Public health officials, donors, epidemiologists, researchers and clinicians need to factor in the relevance of the social and the cultural if they are to see biomedical HIV prevention strategies – including treatment as ...

• What HIV self-testing may mean for couples

  HIV testing programmes
  Laura Lopez Gonzalez | 22 July 2013

  A study in Malawi is offering glimpses into why couples opt for HIV self-testing – including issues of trust and honesty – and what it may mean for their relationships. Moses Kumwenda ...

• Women with HIV feel 'under surveillance' during pregnancy and early motherhood

  Experiences of stigma
  Roger Pebody | 19 July 2013

  Women living with HIV are subject to questioning, monitoring and surveillance of their choices during pregnancy, childbirth and the early stages of motherhood, according to Canadian research presented to the 2nd International ...

• Many gay men enjoy bareback porn, but are concerned about its possible effects on sexual behaviour

  Epidemiology and behaviour
  Roger Pebody | 17 July 2013

  Many gay men who watch pornography enjoy and sometimes prefer material in which condoms are not used, but have some anxieties about the potential effects of bareback porn on their own sexual ...

• Medical male circumcision campaigns face cultural challenges in southern Africa

  Circumcision
  Laura Lopez Gonzalez | 17 July 2013

  Campaigns to circumcise tens of thousands of men in southern Africa are falling victim to lingering acceptability issues six years after the procedure was first recommended to help prevent HIV infection, according ...

• South African couples living with HIV are missing out on safer conception advice

  Conception
  Laura Lopez Gonzalez | 11 July 2013

  Clinicians and counsellors may understand the right of people living with HIV to have children, but that doesn’t always mean they agree with their choices, according to new research that shows health ...