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HIV in the arts and media
AIDS: homophobic and moralistic images of 1980s still haunt our view of HIV – that must change

If you remember the 1980s, you will likely summon up the image of the Grim Reaper or a black tombstone when asked to think about AIDS. Those images, embedded in our collective memory by two iconic Australian and British public health campaigns of that decade, reveal how AIDS has been both a medical and a cultural epidemic since it was first clinically observed in the US in 1981. In the words of American scholar Paula Treichler, AIDS has always partly been an “epidemic of meanings”.

Published
30 November 2018
From
The Conversation
PrEP programmes and uptake
PrEP Messaging: Using radio to reach communities with oral PrEP messages

Joel Odondi must be doing something right. The former chaplain for a girls’ school has become a trusted expert on HIV prevention to radio listeners across Kenya – delivering messages that correct misinformation, counter myths, explain scientific concepts, and frame public health debates on PrEP and a host of other issues related to HIV. Keeping an ear out especially for what young women need to hear, Odondi uses a powerful combination of responsiveness, accuracy and credibility to get the job done.

Published
13 November 2018
From
Prepwatch
HIV testing programmes
How social media is helping gay Chinese men fight HIV

International study highlights role crowdsourced campaigns can play in helping men overcome their reluctance to get proper testing

Published
04 September 2018
From
South China Morning Post
Behaviour change interventions
Huge geographical inequity in access to PrEP health promotion activity, new mapping exercise shows

Large parts of England are not being reached with PrEP health promotion activity according to a new mapping exercise undertaken by Public Health England, in partnership with PrEPster.

Published
22 August 2018
From
Prepster
Behaviour change interventions
Digital innovations are promoting HIV testing and prevention to MSM in Asia

Innovative health promotion interventions engaging men who have sex with men (MSM) in south east Asia through social media, apps, online marketing, video tools and phone services

Published
30 July 2018
By
Roger Pebody
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
The “Undetectable = Untransmittable” message goes global: I=I, N=N and B=B

In Guatemala, the slogan is “Indetectable = Intransmisible” (I=I); in the Netherlands, it’s “Niet meetbaar = Niet overdraagbaar” (N=N); and in Turkey, “Belirlenemeyen = Bulaştırmayan” (B=B). One of

Published
23 July 2018
By
Roger Pebody
Behaviour change interventions
Online HIV prevention programme reduces STIs by 40% in young men who have sex with men

An interactive online programme, tailored to real-life contexts of ethnically diverse young American men who have sex with men (MSM), resulted in a substantial drop in sexually

Published
10 July 2018
By
Roger Pebody
Behaviour change interventions
“I’m on the Pill” PrEP Ads Begin Airing on National TV

Gilead Sciences, the maker of Truvada as PrEP, launched the campaign to raise awareness of the HIV prevention method.

Published
29 June 2018
From
Poz
HIV prevention policy
Turkey ramps up HIV awareness campaign

As the HIV rate among Turks has sharply increased over the last decade, the Turkish government has started raising awareness among university students.

Published
25 June 2018
From
Al-Monitor
Young people
'I believe it was Section 28 that caused my HIV diagnosis'

If I’d had inclusive and compulsory sex education at school, I don’t think I’d be HIV positive today.

Published
25 May 2018
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indy100
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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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