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Study examines risk of heterosexual HIV transmission in China

A new study examines the burden of HIV and sexually transmitted disease among male clients of the commercial sex industry in China's Sichuan province. Since 2007, heterosexual transmission has replaced injecting drug use as the primary transmission mode of all HIV infections in China.

Published
08 November 2010
From
Science Daily
Sex workers
Forcing prostitution underground is hampering the fight to curb the spread of AIDS

Sex workers are on the front line in the struggle against an epidemic that in Asia still claims 350,000 new infections each year.

Published
05 November 2010
From
The Economist
Sex workers
Forcing prostitution underground is hampering the fight to curb the spread of AIDS

Sex workers are on the front line in the struggle against an epidemic that in Asia still claims 350,000 new infections each year.

Published
04 November 2010
From
The Economist
Sex workers
Zimbabwe: Married Prostitutes Complicate Aids Fight

Married women who dabble in commercial sex work are emerging as the biggest threat to efforts to reduce the spread of HIV in Zimbabwe, experts said last week.

Published
25 October 2010
From
AllAfrica
Epidemiology and behaviour
SOUTH AFRICA: Research shows World Cup did not fuel sex work or HIV

The South African sex work industry has released a new report that has shown the country's recent soccer World Cup did not fuel a rise in sex work - and that thousands of dollars may have been wasted on ill-tailored HIV prevention campaigns.

Published
22 October 2010
From
IRIN Plus News
Sex workers
BANGLADESH: Mixed messages on sex work undermine HIV prevention

Civil society is preparing to challenge a recent government decision in Bangladesh to exclude “prostitution” as a profession on new voter cards on the grounds it effectively blocks sex workers’ access to HIV prevention and life-saving health care.

Published
14 October 2010
From
IRIN News
Intervention effort cuts HIV incidence among female sex workers

A team of researchers from the University of California San Diego and Mexico has found that even a modest behavioral intervention program averaging just 35 minutes can measurably reduce the incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among female sex workers in the U.S.-Mexico border region – and that the program succeeds at comparatively little expense.

Published
31 July 2010
From
Eureka Alert
Epidemiology and behaviour
HIV infections soar amongst Eastern European 'street youth'

As many as 40% of young people living on the streets in some areas of Eastern Europe are infected with HIV, according to doctors, activists

Published
20 July 2010
By
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Transmission and prevention
Condom use increases after starting ART in Kenyan women's study

After starting antiretroviral therapy, HIV-positive female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya, increased contraceptive use by over 50% but the number of sex partners and frequency

Published
22 April 2010
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
HIV prevention policy
Major prevention success for sex workers and men who have sex with men in India

A comprehensive HIV prevention programme targeted at female sex workers and men who have sex with men in India has had a major impact on

Published
06 August 2008
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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