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  What kind of prevention do gay men need?

  A number of presentations at the 19th International AIDS Conference explored the 'hyperepidemic' of HIV amongst men who have sex with men, and especially black MSM. A paper...

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  Changing the way HIV prevention is delivered – a roadmap

  In the last few years there has been a wealth of dramatic data on the efficacy of new HIV prevention methods, including male circumcision, pre-exposure prophylaxis and...

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  Where next for HIV prevention?

  Gus Cairns finds that UK HIV prevention campaigners and researchers are all in agreement that something has to change. They’re not so certain about where we go...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  Safer sex in the treatment era

  There is mounting evidence that reducing viral load through HIV treatment may be one of the most effective ways of stopping onward transmission of HIV. But how...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  HIV prevention: does scaring people work?

  A new 30-second HIV prevention advert,1 from the New York City Health Department (NYC Health) and aimed at gay men, has caused a lot of controversy and...

  From:  HIV treatment update

Behaviour change interventions news from aidsmap

• Sexual health information is often inappropriate for Facebook sharing, say young people

  Sexual health promoters who wish to harness the power of Facebook and other social media need to consider the role such websites play in young people’s presentations of themselves to others and the stigma of sexual health ...

  13 June 2013 | Roger Pebody

• Deciding what’s risky – Australian gay men pay more attention to the sexual act than to their partner’s HIV status or viral load

  HIV-negative gay men in Sydney, Australia perceive the risk of HIV transmission to be different in different sexual contexts, according to a study by Dr Limin Mao and colleagues, reported in the May issue of AIDS & Behavior. ...

  29 May 2013 | Roger Pebody

• Disagreements about agreements – many gay couples lack clarity on sex outside their relationship

  The majority of American gay men in relationships say they establish a ‘sexual agreement’ with their partner, both to minimise HIV risks and to maintain the quality of their relationship, according to research published online ahead of print by ...

  05 April 2013 | Roger Pebody

• US gay youth PrEP study meets recruitment and adherence problems

  A small six-month pilot study of the feasibility and acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in young gay men aged 18 to 22 in the US found that although participants reported adherence levels of 80%, their actual adherence (in the ...

  02 March 2013 | Gus Cairns

• Media campaign on acute HIV infection symptoms has limited impact

  A advertising campaign and website that aimed to raise awareness among gay men in Seattle, Washington, of the symptoms of acute HIV infection was recalled by a quarter of the target audience and had no impact on gay men’s ...

  14 February 2013 | Roger Pebody

• Awareness rises following PEP communications

  Gay men’s awareness of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) significantly improved in Western Australia, following implementation of a communications strategy, according to a study recently published in BMC Public Health. The study is of interest as research on the impact ...

  14 January 2013 | Roger Pebody

• Low uptake of behavioural interventions by gay men at English sexual health clinics

  Only a quarter of gay men who had had unprotected sex were offered and accepted a structured intervention (such as motivational interviewing or counselling) when attending their sexual health clinic, according to an audit published this week in the ...

  11 January 2013 | Roger Pebody

• Couples HIV testing and counselling prompts rapid switch to consistent condom use in South African study

  HIV testing and counselling of couples quickly led to consistent condom use among serodiscordant couples in stable relationships in South Africa, researchers report in the advance online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.  In this secondary analysis of self-reported ...

  05 December 2012 | Carole Leach-Lemens

• Combination prevention approach could have a big impact on HIV epidemic in China

  Increasing rates of HIV testing or expanding the use of antiretroviral therapy will not be enough to eliminate new HIV transmissions in China, according to a mathematical model published in the online edition of AIDS. However, a “combination prevention” approach ...

  07 August 2012 | Michael Carter

• What kind of prevention do gay men need?

  A number of presentations at the 19th International AIDS Conference explored the 'hyperepidemic' of HIV amongst men who have sex with men, and especially black MSM. A paper presented by Gregorio Millet showed that, at least in the USA, ...

  06 August 2012 | Gus Cairns

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• Ugandan mHealth initiative increases 'promiscuity'

  A mobile phone-based health programme designed to improve access to sexual health information and boost safe sex in rural central Uganda had the opposite effect, according to the findings of a Yale University study published in May.

  20 hours ago | IRIN Plus News

• HIV Prevention For Female Sex Workers Dramatically Reduces Sexually Transmitted Infections In India

  Thirteen years of peer-based, HIV prevention programs for female sex workers reduced both HIV and syphilis in young pregnant women from southern India.

  17 June 2013 | Medical Daily

• South Africa: Anal sex stigma leads to problems in HIV fight

  The stigma around anal sex in South Africa was hampering the fight against HIV and Aids, Health4Men programme manager Glenn de Swardt said during a recent discussion. The discussion was about the dangerous gaps in HIV prevention created by narrow assumptions of what constituted sex, and in particular anal sex.

  13 June 2013 | Independent Online

• Brazil: ‘Happy Prostitutes’ AIDS Campaign Sparks Debate

  Activists complain of a “regression” in Brazil’s anti-HIV/AIDS strategy, which was considered one of the boldest and most effective in the world. A controversial campaign for sex workers has been cancelled and the head of the HIV program fired, under pressure from conservative evangelical churches.

  13 June 2013 | Inter Press Service

• 'Happy Prostitute' ads yanked from web by Brazil health official

  Happy prostitute ads online were intended to encourage Brazilian sex workers to seek treatment for AIDs as part of International Prostitute Day. But criticism over the 'Happy prostitute' ads may be indicative of the growing clout of evangelical Christians in Brazil.

  06 June 2013 | Christian Science Monitor

• Uganda: Behaviour relapse fuelling new HIV infections

  Thirty five percent of people testing HIV positive in Kampala are repeat testers who had previously tested HIV negative. This is revealed by the latest data from USAID/Uganda Good life integrated HIV Counseling and testing Kampala project.

  03 June 2013 | New Vision

• Comedians enlisted to spread key sexual health messages with dirty jokes

  Family Planning Queensland is working with 11 Brisbane comedians to make short videos that address sexual health. "Sexual health information is traditionally presented in ways your mother would approve of - and young men simply don't respond to that," Professor McKee said. "But they are online and they are responsive to dirty jokes."

  24 May 2013 | Radio Australia

• Terrence Higgins Trust unveils It Starts With Me HIV campaign video

  Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has released a short video clip outlining the science behind It It Starts With Me, HIV Prevention England’s new campaign for gay and bisexual men. The clip shows how a combination of testing, treatment and condoms would lead to a significant reduction in HIV transmissions within the gay community.

  15 May 2013 | PinkNews.co.uk

• It Starts with Me

  We are at the start of a new era in stopping the spread of HIV. We know that the combination of regular testing, HIV treatment and condom use is the key to success. But tests, treatment and condoms are just tools – it is down to all of us as individuals to make it happen. It is what you do everyday that really makes a difference. You can stop HIV harming you and the ones you care about.

  15 May 2013 | Terrence Higgins Trust

• Alicia Keys launching HIV campaign aimed at women

  She has teamed up with Greater Than AIDS, a national public information group founded by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Black AIDS Institute, to launch her latest initiative -- a campaign aimed at reaching out specifically to American women.

  02 May 2013 | CNN

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