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Drop in new diagnoses shows the importance of HIV testing in ending HIV

Matthew Hodson says the UK can celebrate its latest HIV statistics but country must keep up its momentum - and you can play your part.

Published
30 November 2018
From
Gay Star News
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UK smashes targets for reducing transmission of HIV

As our community comes together to mark World AIDS Day, there’s some good news from the UK on HIV prevention. Public Health England have released their annual update on the UK’s progress towards ending the HIV epidemic. This report reflects the analysis of the data that has been collected to the end of 2017, and it demonstrates that the combination prevention strategies being implemented across the UK are really working.

Published
30 November 2018
From
Means Happy
Money, benefits and housing
Housing needed to reduce HIV infections

Continued success in engaging people in HIV care and prevention will require more affordable housing. When housing is unstable, taking medicines and attending appointments take a backseat to immediate survival. Often, homeless individuals turn to sex work or substance use, which can increase the risk of HIV transmission and worsen mental health. Older adults living with HIV, who make up 65 percent of HIV-positive San Franciscans, are experiencing increasing housing instability due to declining incomes and skyrocketing rental costs.

Published
30 November 2018
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San Francisco Chronicle
Money, benefits and housing
San Francisco to focus HIV services on homeless population

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month awarded San Francisco an $8 million-four year grant to help eliminate HIV, the mayor’s office announced it would dedicate the extra funds to the city’s most vulnerable populations – focusing on those without homes.

Published
29 November 2018
From
Mission Local
Achieving the 90-90-90 target
UK meets UN target in drive to end HIV epidemic

More than 90% of cases are diagnosed, on treatment and virally suppressed, Public Health England says.

Published
29 November 2018
From
The Guardian
Achieving the 90-90-90 target
HIV diagnoses fell in the UK in 2017 for the first time among all risk groups, all ethnicities and in all regions, annual report reveals

The 2018 report from Public Health England is entitled Progress towards ending the HIV epidemic in the United Kingdom, and for once the note of optimism in

Published
29 November 2018
By
Gus Cairns
Achieving the 90-90-90 target
New UNAIDS report shows that 75% of all people living with HIV know their HIV status

A new report from UNAIDS shows that intensified HIV testing and treatment efforts are reaching more people living with HIV. In 2017, three quarters of people living with HIV (75%) knew their HIV status, compared to just two thirds (67%) in 2015, and 21.7 million people living with HIV (59%) had access to antiretroviral therapy, up from 17.2 million in 2015.

Published
22 November 2018
From
UNAIDS
Achieving the 90-90-90 target
When Is a Nation’s HIV Epidemic Considered “Controlled”?

Despite many years of enthusiastic calls for an “end to AIDS,” experts have yet to settle on what that would actually entail.

Published
08 November 2018
From
Poz
Heterosexual men
Reaching the men: who are the partners of the young women with HIV in South Africa?

In the high-prevalence countries of southern Africa, young women under 25 bear the brunt of the epidemic, with continued high rates of HIV infection. So

Published
05 November 2018
By
Gus Cairns
Retention and linkage to care
Viral suppression within three months of HIV diagnosis should be a policy target, NYC officials say

An undetectable viral load within three months of HIV diagnosis should be added as a target to the US National HIV/AIDS Strategy, public health officials from New

Published
23 October 2018
By
Michael Carter
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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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