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Epidemiology and behaviour
MSM living in hostile social environments more likely to have negative feelings about sexuality, less likely to test for HIV

The largest ever international study of the sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM), which recruited men from across the European continent,

Published
16 November 2011
By
Roger Pebody
Behaviour change interventions
Disappointing results from two peer education projects in southern Africa

Two large HIV prevention programmes that recruited people to educate their friends and classmates have both failed to make an impact on sexual behaviour, researchers report in

Published
20 September 2011
By
Roger Pebody
Behaviour change interventions
What's next for HIV prevention? Paying people to be healthy

Researchers are investigating the impact of offering financial incentives to people who are at risk of acquiring or passing on HIV, the International AIDS Society conference (IAS

Published
25 July 2011
By
Roger Pebody
Epidemiology and behaviour
Concurrent partnerships in men do not explain HIV incidence in women: number of partners does

A study of HIV incidence amongst women in part of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, failed to find any evidence that HIV incidence in women was associated with

Published
16 July 2011
By
Gus Cairns
Epidemiology and behaviour
Risk factors for HIV vary between African cities, need tailored responses

A comparative study in three large cities in southern Africa has found big differences in risk factors for acquisition of HIV infection, emphasising the importance of locally tailored

Published
04 July 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
WHO issues global recommendations on services for men who have sex with men and transgender people

The World Health Organization has issued comprehensive recommendations on the prevention and treatment of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and

Published
23 June 2011
By
Keith Alcorn
Mental and emotional health problems
Depression associated with HIV risk factors for young people in South Africa

Symptoms of depression are common among young people in South Africa and associated with relationship characteristics and behaviours that increase the risk of HIV infection, an international

Published
29 November 2010
By
Michael Carter
Human rights
Ugandan study shows why human rights are central to HIV prevention with African men who have sex with men

In Kampala, Uganda, men who have sex with men who have suffered homophobic violence or abuse are five times more likely to be HIV-positive than other men,

Published
22 July 2010
By
Roger Pebody
Behaviour change interventions
Incentives and phone follow-up could improve healthy behaviour by young people: more research needed

As young people continue to bear the greater proportion of infections, researchers, doctors, educators and social workers are increasingly intent on finding the most effective interventions. A

Published
22 July 2010
By
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Epidemiology and behaviour
Immigrants are more risk of HIV in their host country than back at home

Mathematical modelling based on the Dutch HIV epidemic suggests that, in that country at least, heterosexual immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean stand more risk of acquiring

Published
22 July 2010
By
Gus Cairns
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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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