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Epidemiology
HIV diagnoses in Australia drop to lowest number in 18 years

Australia continues to lead the world in HIV prevention and in 2018 recorded the lowest number of HIV diagnoses since 2001. According to a report released today by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, last year there were 835 HIV diagnoses across the country, which represents a decline of 23% over five years.

Published
03 July 2019
From
University of New South Wales
PrEP programmes and uptake
Free, fast track access to PrEP now available in London

Those who meet the eligibility criteria will soon get a free, six month supply of PrEP. The improved access to PrEP comes thanks to HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and the UK’s busiest sexual health clinic, 56 Dean Street.

Published
01 July 2019
From
Gay Star News
PrEP policies and guidelines
England: More than a quarter of sexual health clinics closed to new PrEP trial places

Despite a promised expansion of 13,000 places, Seema Kennedy has revealed that 38 of the 147 sites taking part in the PrEP Impact Trial are closed to some new recruits to the trial.

Published
01 July 2019
From
Pharmaceutical Journal
PrEP programmes and uptake
Transgender women tell researchers how to increase the uptake of PrEP in their community

Transgender women and transfeminine nonbinary individuals suggested a number of key issues that health services need to address in order to increase the uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis

Published
27 June 2019
By
Roger Pebody
Transgender people
High awareness but low uptake of PrEP among black and Hispanic transgender women in US study

There is high awareness but low uptake of HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) among black and Latina transgender women in Baltimore and Washington DC, investigators report

Published
27 June 2019
By
Michael Carter
PrEP programmes and uptake
Is the “PrEP4Love” Campaign Reaching African Americans?

The Chicago-based HIV-prevention effort garnered about 41 million views in its first four months alone. And that’s not all.

Published
26 June 2019
From
Poz
PrEP programmes and uptake
No HIV infections over two years among MSM and transgender individuals taking event-driven PrEP

No HIV infections occurred over two years of follow-up among individuals taking event-driven pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a demonstration study conducted in Amsterdam, investigators report in Lancet HIV. The

Published
21 June 2019
By
Michael Carter
PrEP programmes and uptake
PrEP reduces HIV infections by over 95% in US ‘real world’ study

A study of people prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) over a four-year period at a large centre in Los Angeles has found that HIV incidence in people

Published
18 June 2019
By
Gus Cairns
PrEP policies and guidelines
Ireland: PrEP programme to reduce HIV rates to be rolled out later this year

THE PrEP HIV prevention programme will be implemented in 2019, Health Minister Simon Harris said today. “We want to reduce the number of new HIV diagnoses in Ireland. Increasing the availability of PrEP will help us to do so. This report not only confirms that PrEP can help to prevent HIV amongst those who are high risk, it also shows how a PrEP programme could save money,” said Harris.

Published
17 June 2019
From
Journal.ie
PrEP programmes and uptake
Ireland: HIV programme ‘will be undermined’ by lack of capacity

Thousands of people are being turned away from sexual health clinics across the Republic, which will undermine a programme for preventing HIV due to be introduced later this year, according to Fianna Fáil. The PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) HIV prevention programme is being implemented by the Government following advice from the State’s health watchdog that it would be safe and cost-effective.

Published
17 June 2019
From
Irish Times
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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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