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Medical Investigation: How Did 494 Children In One Pakistani City Get HIV?

Dr. Minhaj Kidwai believes that the outbreak is a result of "contaminated syringes, syringes that are reused for injections in children, unscreened blood transfusions and reuse of dextrose and saline drips."

Published
22 May 2019
From
NPR
HIV and criminal law
Zimbabwe: HIV/Aids transmission law repeal approved by Cabinet

The Marriages Amendment Bill which will repeal a legal provision that criminalises "wilful" transmission of HIV to a partner has been approved by Cabinet.

Published
13 May 2019
From
Bulawayo24 News
HIV and criminal law
New Policy for British Columbia Prosecutors Still Harms People Living with HIV

The British Columbia Prosecution Service (BCPS) has issued an updated policy on criminally prosecuting cases of alleged HIV non-disclosure. This policy falls short of what is needed and continues to put people living with HIV in British Columbia at risk of unjust prosecution.

Published
25 April 2019
From
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
HIV and criminal law
Zimbabwe Justice minister plans to revoke 'Deliberate HIV Transmission' act

The criminal enactment was instituted in the 1990s at the height of the HIV and Aids pandemic when it seemingly threatened to wipe out the entire population. It was estimated then that a quarter of the population was infected with HIV. Up to 2000, many were reportedly dying from Aids every week. The government later tacitly admitted that there had been a deliberate alarmist approach to scare people into behaviour change.

Published
01 April 2019
From
NewsDay Zimbabwe
HIV and criminal law
France: Highest Court confirms that people living with HIV with an undetectable viral load can never be prosecuted as the risk of transmission is nul

In a decision handed down on 5 March, the Court of Cassation ruled that it was impossible to prosecute an HIV-positive man on treatment who had sex without a condom and without informing his partner of his HIV status. That’s a first. In a decision handed down on 5 March, the Court of Cassation recognised the preventive nature of HIV treatment. Thus, any person whose viral load is undetectable, who has sex without a condom with another person without the latter being aware of the HIV status of his or her partner, cannot be prosecuted.

Published
22 March 2019
From
HIV Justice Network
HIV and criminal law
Daryll Rowe infected others with HIV due to ‘denial’ about diagnosis

Daryll Rowe, who was convicted of deliberately infecting five men with HIV, has said in a new BBC documentary that he was in “denial” about his diagnosis, which he used as a “weapon to get a reaction.”

Published
18 March 2019
From
Pink News
HIV and criminal law
'I felt my life was over': Lenny Royal on the horror of being deliberately infected with HIV

One of five men infected by hairdresser Daryll Rowe, Royal’s own diagnosis came after both his parents died of Aids. He explains why he waived his anonymity to talk about the case.

Published
13 March 2019
From
The Guardian
HIV in the arts and media
BBC Releases Documentary On First Man Convicted Of Using HIV As Weapon

BBC Three is releasing a documentary about Daryll Rowe, the first person in England to ever be convicted of deliberately spreading HIV. The Man Who Used HIV As A Weapon will tell the intimate stories of five men who were abused by the hairdresser as they question why he chose to commit such a heinous crime with so many men.

Published
07 March 2019
From
Pretty 52
HIV and criminal law
Navigating rules and reality: HIV disclosure, infectiousness and legal obligations in Sweden

Despite generally positive relationships with HIV clinic staff, men living with HIV in Sweden report that when it comes to rules regarding disclosure and legal obligations, clinicians

Published
06 February 2019
By
Krishen Samuel
HIV and criminal law
Canada: Groups want provinces to have consistent policies on limiting HIV prosecutions

Advocacy groups are calling on provinces to follow the Justice Department’s directive to stop unjustly prosecuting HIV-positive people for not disclosing their status if there is no chance they could transmit the virus to their sexual partners.

Published
05 February 2019
From
Vancouver Sun
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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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