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Discrimination and the law
UK: Disability hate crime is 'overlooked and under-reported'

Police are "too sensitive" about asking victims of crime if they are disabled, an inspection has found. "There's a lack of willingness by police officers and police staff in control rooms to ask the right of questions to establish whether it's a crime, whether its anti-social behaviour and what effect disability is having on that person in terms of the effect on the crime."

Published
21 March 2013
From
BBC
Combatting stigma
Prince Harry Visits Schoolchildren in Lesotho, Speaks Out in Fight Against HIV

"Talking about HIV and understanding it isn't dangerous," Harry said at the Johannesburg dinner. "Denying it, or not knowing about it, definitely is. Our aim and hope is that we can influence a decline in the transmission of HIV and increase life expectancy, in a unique way for Lesotho: by addressing the psychological and social needs of the next generation, which is so important.”

Published
28 February 2013
From
Yahoo! News (blog)
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Gays can't have sex

'Gays can’t have sex. We can have only “safer sex” or “protected sex” (where condoms or any other form of barriers are used). The sad part of “protected sex” is that it implies that sex between men is not safe,...' - psychotherapiast Marco Posadas ponders whether 'safer sex' is having a damaging effect on gay men's self-image.

Published
22 February 2013
From
Xtra!
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Russia's ban on 'homosexual propaganda' - traditionalism at its worst

The ban on "homosexual propaganda among minors" has yet to become law in Russia—only its first draft has passed the lower chamber of the Russian parliament—but it has already become the most discussed subject in the Russian press and has claimed its first victims.

Published
08 February 2013
From
The New Republic
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Physicians to be told they must treat HIV carriers

Doctors do not have the right to refuse to treat patients, the Israeli Medical Association's ethics committee said yesterday, countering arguments in favor of doctors' discretion when receiving HIV patients.

Published
06 February 2013
From
Haaretz
Employment
China: Teacher with HIV receives 45,000 yuan in employment discrimination case

A teacher in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang has accepted 45,000 yuan in compensation after filing a lawsuit against his local education department for employment discrimination. Xiao Qi (a pseudonym) had been refused employment by the Jinxian county education department because he was HIV positive.

Published
01 February 2013
From
China Labour Bulletin
Lipodystrophy
Mark S. King: I'm Gonna Wipe That AIDS Right Off My Face

It was all well and good to be front and center as an HIV-positive man during the first years of the AIDS crisis. It's easier being a role model when your face looks good on the poster. But then, slowly but surely, a common side effect of HIV medications, facial wasting, began to appear.

Published
30 January 2013
From
Huffington Post
Transmission and prevention
Uganda hailed over HIV fight

Lord Norman Fowler, a member of the UK's House of Lords, has praised Uganda for playing a key role in leading the world in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Published
29 January 2013
From
New Vision
Combatting stigma
Living with Stigma and Ignorance: HIV on the Rise in Belarus

At the end of the last year, the Healthcare Ministry of Belarus in partnership with the UNDP started a campaign to challenge HIV/AIDS-related stereotypes and myths.

Published
11 January 2013
From
Belarus Digest
Adherence
Phone texts fail to boost adherence to HIV therapy

Mobile phone text messaging does not considerably enhance HIV/AIDS patients' adherence to treatment, a study conducted in Cameroon reveals.

Published
10 January 2013
From
SciDev NET
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