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PrEP
“Intensive Combination Prevention” proposal for gay men in England would include PrEP

A pilot rollout in England of a new, standardised intensive HIV prevention package for gay men at high risk of HIV infection would include a substudy in

Published
15 April 2011
By
Gus Cairns
Taking an HIV test
South Africans who have tested for HIV are more likely to discuss sexual health issues

South Africans who have ever tested for HIV are more likely than others to have discussed HIV and sexual health issues with others, researchers report in the

Published
04 April 2011
By
Roger Pebody
Epidemiology and behaviour
Australia: A counter sexual revolution

National social demographer Bernard Salt says growing numbers of young Tasmanians are taking virginity vows to rebel against the mainstream acceptance of sex by their peers and the saturation of sex in society and the media.

Published
04 April 2011
From
Hobart Mercury
Behaviour change interventions
AIDS in Africa: The World Bank as 'Sugar Daddy'

A World Bank study in Malawi found that paying cash to girls lowers their HIV risk by reducing the temptation to enter relationships with older men.

Published
01 April 2011
From
Bloomberg Business Week
Epidemiology and behaviour
Gay men reduce their risk behaviour after HIV diagnosis, studies find, but disagree on how much by

Two studies presented at last month’s 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2011) both found that gay men diagnosed with HIV considerably reduce the amount

Published
25 March 2011
By
Gus Cairns
Behaviour change interventions
UK: Lord Fowler calls for more HIV awareness campaigns

"We don't seem to be doing enough to warn people of the dangers," he says. "The way it works these days is that we have very targeted campaigning, which is often a shorthand way of saying we are not going to spend much money on it."

Published
21 March 2011
From
BBC
Epidemiology and behaviour
Abstinence in the U.S. Increases Among Young People

Among the findings of a sweeping federal government survey of American sexual behavior is one that may surprise those bewailing a permissive and eros-soaked popular culture: More than one-quarter of people interviewed in their late teens and early 20s had never had sex.

Published
08 March 2011
From
Washington Post
Sexual transmission
Safer sex in the treatment era

There is mounting evidence that reducing viral load through HIV treatment may be one of the most effective ways of stopping onward transmission of HIV. But how

Published
01 March 2011
From
HIV treatment update
Behaviour change interventions
US & UK political climate impacting HIV prevention

"Our respect and admiration for the British response to HIV came to a screeching halt this year when we returned to a very different London than in years past. Not only had funding for HIV prevention work been cut, but also the ways in which HIV prevention and treatment work was being implemented had begun to change."

Published
23 February 2011
From
Chelsea Now
Behaviour change interventions
Young people's stories about condoms can help re-shape prevention messages

The themes and preoccupations of stories submitted by young people in six African countries should be looked at to inform HIV prevention programmes, researchers write in the

Published
17 February 2011
By
Roger Pebody
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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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