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How Bandung’s Transgender Community Is Taking on HIV/AIDs One Test at a Time

Transgenders are stigmatized because they are vulnerable to HIV, which means they are marginalized within society and lack access to formal employment, she said. Eventually, they are forced into the streets to become sex workers, which makes them even more vulnerable to HIV and stigmatization.

Published
11 October 2013
From
Jakarta Globe
PrEP
Who will PrEP be for?

Whether pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is adopted and is effective as an HIV prevention method depends crucially on people’s subjective assessment of whether they are at risk of HIV,

Published
01 October 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Microbicides
South American survey finds rectal microbicide formulated as a douche acceptable

A qualitative study of 140 men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in three cities in Peru and Ecuador has found

Published
18 September 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Finance and funding
South Australian Government forces closure of AIDS Council

The local South Australian LGBTI community, people living with HIV/AIDS and the country’s leading HIV/AIDS organisations have expressed their shock and disappointment after the SA government decided to withdraw funding from the state’s AIDS Council forcing its closure.

Published
31 July 2013
From
Star Observer
HIV prevention policy
Tackling HIV Among Key Populations

Today amfAR is releasing our latest issue brief, “Tackling HIV/AIDS Among Key Populations”. The brief combines the latest science and best-practice on addressing the epidemic among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, and transgender individuals.

Published
29 July 2013
From
amfAR
Migrants, refugees and displaced people
In a Mexican border town, a friend in the fight against AIDS

Rosember López Samayoa helps those in Chiapas, Mexico, who bear a double stigma: migrants who also are LGBT.

Published
16 July 2013
From
Christian Science Monitor
PrEP
Bangkok PrEP study finds PrEP efficacy is related to drug exposure

The 7th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention heard two late-breaker presentations providing new data about two studies of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in injecting drug

Published
04 July 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Global health initiatives
AIDS 2012 Conference Organizer's Response to MSMGF

Published
20 June 2013
From
AIDS 2012
Global health initiatives
New Analysis of World’s Premier AIDS Conference Finds Poor Coverage of Populations Most-at-Risk for HIV

Hundreds of Organizations Worldwide Call on Conference Organizers to Increase Meaningful Coverage of Gay Men, Transgender People, People Who Inject Drugs, and Sex Workers.

Published
20 June 2013
From
Global Forum on MSM & HIV
HIV prevention policy
Malaysia makes progress against HIV, but challenges remain

Malaysia has taken great strides in tackling HIV - needle exchange has been widely accepted by Islamic leaders as a necessity to preserve life. However, there are more delicate issues surrounding HIV prevention including the use of condoms outside of marriage, especially by men who have sex with men and sex workers.

Published
14 June 2013
From
The Lancet
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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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