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Issue 187: June 2009

Published: 01 June 2009

  • In this issue

    Almost everything in this issue seems to have something to do with the subtle and not-so-subtle workings of HIV-related stigma. Stigma, as Michael Ratsey says in his piece Stigma begins...

  • Will the money drain out of AIDS?

    Earlier this year, on 25 February, the government of Botswana announced that if the global recession continued, it would have to freeze the provision of treatment for its...

  • Whose fear is it anyway? People with HIV and dentists

    People with HIV are still failing to access good dental care, even though it’s in their interest. Do they assume dentists will still have issues treating them?...

  • Stigma begins at home

    The stigma attached to having HIV is one of the most all-pervasive aspects of living with the virus. HTU plans a series of articles addressing this complex subject....

  • Love is a danger

    American researchers have reported that gay men in the US are more likely to contract HIV from their main sexual partner than from casual sex.  What are the...

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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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