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African migrants
Deportation fears, uncertainty over health insurance and stigma are barriers to accessing HIV services for undocumented African migrants in the US

Qualitative research carried out with undocumented African migrants in New York City revealed that fears of discovery and deportation presented a substantial barrier to seeking out HIV

Published
19 July 2019
By
Krishen Samuel
Hepatitis and HIV
Hepatitis C does not raise risk of heart disease or cancers in people with HIV

Hepatitis C coinfection does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease or non-AIDS cancers in people with HIV, an analysis of the large Eurosida cohort published in

Published
19 July 2019
By
Keith Alcorn
Young people
Less than half of adolescents with HIV since birth in the US have an undetectable viral load

Engagement with the HIV care continuum among individuals with perinatally-acquired HIV in the United States falls well below targets, research published in the online edition of the

Published
18 July 2019
By
Michael Carter
Epidemiology and behaviour
What’s the relationship between PrEP, condom use and STIs?

HIV experts and professionals agree that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a valuable addition to HIV prevention, but have varied views of the relationship between PrEP, reduced condom use

Published
17 July 2019
By
Roger Pebody
People and personal stories
Douglas Crimp, Scholar, Curator and Art World Disrupter, Dies at 74

Douglas Crimp, a groundbreaking art scholar, curator, writer, editor, educator and AIDS activist who challenged the field of art history by insisting on seeing it in a social context, died on July 5 at his home in Manhattan. He was 74.

Published
17 July 2019
From
New York Times
History of HIV and AIDS
The Beautiful Uncertainty of Douglas Crimp

Masha Gessen mourns critic, curator, and art historian Douglas Crimp as a prominent voice in AIDS activism by way of two classic Crimp essays: “How to Have Promiscuity in an Epidemic” and “Mourning and Militancy.”

Published
17 July 2019
From
New Yorker
How HIV works
HIV’s genetic code, extracted from a nub of tissue, adds to evidence of virus’ emergence in humans a century ago

Scientists at the University of Arizona examined a tissue sample that dates back to the 1960s, the oldest sample of HIV to date, and concluded the virus jumped from primates earlier than expected.

Published
17 July 2019
From
STAT
Structural factors
Can free schools in South Africa reduce HIV risk?

In our study, we wanted to examine why adolescent girls are engaging in risky sexual behaviour. Is this behaviour driven by childhood adversity, such as poverty, coming from a family where someone is ill with HIV/AIDS, or exposure to violence and experiencing psychological distress? We also wanted to find out if a government policy such as free schooling has the potential to mitigate some, or all, of these drivers.

Published
17 July 2019
From
The Conversation
Chemsex and recreational drug use
Injecting Meth? Here's What You Definitely Need to Know

Injecting, or "slamming," crystal meth (sometimes called "tina" or "T" in the LGBT world) has been on the rise the past several years among gay men, often including those living with HIV, who use the drug to enhance sexual activity.

Published
17 July 2019
From
TheBody
Finance and funding
Kaiser/UNAIDS analysis finds donor governments spent US$8 billion for HIV in 2018, similar to a decade ago

Donor government disbursements to combat HIV in low- and middle-income countries totaled US$8 billion in 2018, little changed from the US$8.1 billion total in 2017 and from the levels of a decade ago, finds a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Published
17 July 2019
From
UNAIDS press release
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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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