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Retention and linkage to care
Cote d'Ivoire: Privacy concerns keep men from HIV testing, treatment

Privacy concerns linked to both health facilities and providers are major barriers to increasing the number of men who are tested and treated for HIV in Cote d'Ivoire, suggests new Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) research. CCP is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Published
26 March 2019
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Diabetes
Diet and exercise advice lowers diabetes risk in people with HIV

Rates of diabetes are higher in people living with HIV than in the general population, but individualised lifestyle advice from a dietitian led to clinically and statistically

Published
26 March 2019
By
Roger Pebody
People and personal stories
‘I am prepared’: Steve Spencer on becoming HIV positive in the era of PrEP and U=U

"I don’t like to use the term ‘PrEP failure’ which is thrown around in these cases, because PrEP is anything but that," Steve Spencer says.

Published
22 March 2019
From
Star Observer
PrEP science
'In complete shock': Sydney man contracts HIV despite taking PrEP drug

Steven Spencer, 27, tested positive for HIV in December, despite diligently using PrEP "on demand" before and after sexual encounters in line with the advice of doctors. "What happened to me doesn’t change the fact that PrEP is still the most powerful HIV preventative we have ever had," said Mr Spencer, one of the first men in Australia to start taking the medication more than five years ago.

Published
22 March 2019
From
Sydney Morning Herald
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Reclaiming my time!

Every time I take my medicine, it is an act of preventing transmission, and survival. Never again will I see myself as ‘unclean’ or ‘a risk to others’. The only time HIV plays a role in my life is when I take my medication before bed.

Published
22 March 2019
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PrEPing MALTA
PrEP programmes and uptake
Getting on PrEP is harder than you think

In Louisiana, even informed patient Alexander Charles Adams got lost in barriers and stigma while trying to get a prescription for PrEP.

Published
21 March 2019
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Whyy
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
Activism
A Farewell to Project Inform from HIV Research Advocate David Evans

The HIV community was dealt a sad blow this week when it was announced that the iconic non-profit HIV treatment advocacy organization, Project Inform, will end its programs. Project Inform’s Director of Research Advocacy, David Evans, has been working with the organization in various capacities for the last 27 years. In this message shared with My Fabulous Disease, David reflects on Project Inform’s legacy and on the influence of its legendary founder, Martin Delaney. We must all honor this legacy by ensuring that HIV treatment advocacy remain at the forefront of our movement.

Published
18 March 2019
From
My Fabulous Disease
People and personal stories
Obituary: Mags Portman died on February 6th

The sexual-health pioneer and campaigner for access to PrEP was 44

Published
15 March 2019
From
The Economist (requires free registration)
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
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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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