Epidemiology and behaviour

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  The gay globe

  In the last two years, three internet surveys in Europe, the USA and Asia asked over 200,000 gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM)...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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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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  South African AIDS Conference: Special Issue

  The 5th South African AIDS Conference, held from 7-10 June, 2011 in Durban, showcased the recent remarkable achievements of the country’s HIV/AIDS response. Consequently, the conference was...

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

Epidemiology and behaviour news from aidsmap

• Black gay men run higher risk of HIV infection despite fewer partners

  An analysis of four studies of sexual risk and HIV infection in US gay men, presented at the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2013), has found a 22% higher risk of HIV infection per sexual ...

  06 March 2013 | Gus Cairns

• Consistent condom use in anal sex stops 70% of HIV infections, study finds, but intermittent use has no effect

  An analysis by Dawn Smith of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported at the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2013) on 4 March has provided the first estimate of the efficacy of condoms ...

  04 March 2013 | Gus Cairns

• Many people with HIV not disclosing at GUM clinics: estimates of undiagnosed infections may be too high

  Many people with HIV are not disclosing their status when using sexual health clinics, according to the results of a study conducted at a large London genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic and published in Sexually Transmitted Infections. This could mean that ...

  19 February 2013 | Michael Carter

• Couples study in Uganda finds no HIV infections from partners on antiretroviral therapy

  A longitudinal cohort study of heterosexual couples in Uganda has found more evidence of the efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in curbing HIV infection within the community. The study found 119 new HIV infections in 2334 couples over the course of ...

  18 February 2013 | Gus Cairns

• Test and treat must go beyond couples to control HIV in Africa

  A focus on stable couples when attempting to reduce HIV transmission through offering antiretroviral treatment, or when counselling about HIV transmission and safer sex, may risk understimating the amount of HIV infections that occur as a ...

  08 February 2013 | Michael Carter

• HIV incidence in gay men unchanged in England and Wales, despite more testing

  A paper in The Lancet Infectious Diseases by scientists from the UK’s Medical Research Council and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has calculated that the number of gay men in England and Wales who become infected with ...

  04 February 2013 | Gus Cairns

• Steep fall in incidence of TB among HIV-positive heterosexuals in the UK

  Incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-positive heterosexual people in England and Wales declined significantly between 2002 and 2010, investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. The fall is attributed to changes in the epidemiology of HIV in the ...

  15 January 2013 | Michael Carter

• Young people know less about HIV and are less trustful of condoms, French survey finds

  The first survey for six years of attitudes to HIV and sexual risk behaviour among the general public in France has found that young people are less frightened of AIDS than they used to be, are more likely to ...

  10 January 2013 | Gus Cairns

• Study of South African sex worker characteristics could assist in informing policy decisions

  Male and transgender sex workers in South Africa are at particularly high risk of HIV infection and have significant unmet prevention needs, according to results of a large multi-site study presented last month at the Southern African HIV Clinicians ...

  14 December 2012 | Lesley Odendal

• HPA urges further action on HIV testing to reduce numbers undiagnosed and diagnosed late

  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) issued its annual epidemiological report yesterday, and drew particular attention to the need for improvement in HIV testing rates – six of its eight recommendations concern testing. The headline findings concerning new HIV diagnoses were reported ...

  30 November 2012 | Roger Pebody

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Epidemiology and behaviour news selected from other sources

• Media mis-reporting HIV rate among SA schoolgirls - true rate is 12.7 percent

  The claim that 28 percent of South African schoolgirls are living with HIV started with a remark by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, misreported by The Sowetan. Unquestioned, it has been repeated by media across the country and the world. The true rate is half that.

  8 hours ago | Africa Check

• Nearly one in ten S.African soldiers has HIV/AIDS: army

  The South African army Tuesday said 8.5 percent of the country's 79,200 soldiers have HIV/AIDS, angrily dismissing claims of a higher prevalence rate.

  20 March 2013 | Global Post

• England: Sexual health improvement framework published

  ‘A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England’ sets out the government’s ambitions for improving sexual health. These are designed to be used by local organisations when they are looking at how best to provide sexual health services in their area.

  15 March 2013 | Department of Health

• Many poor heterosexuals in US cities at risk for HIV infection

  Some 2.3 percent of 8,500 poor heterosexuals living in cities with high rates of HIV infection tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and nearly half of those who were infected said they had never had an HIV test before the study, health officials said on Thursday.

  15 March 2013 | Reueters

• South Africa: '28% of schoolgirls are HIV positive'

  AT LEAST 28% of schoolgirls are HIV positive while only 4% of young boys are infected with the virus in the country. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said this was a clear indication that old men were sleeping with young girls - a statistic he said "destroyed my soul".

  15 March 2013 | The Sowetan

• Is Unprotected Sex Becoming The Norm Amongst Gay Men? (Video)

  Many are asking if there is a correlation between unprotected sex and an increase in HIV among gay and bisexual men in the United States.

  28 February 2013 | Huffington Post

• HIV transmission amongst men who have sex with men - NAT comment

  The Medical Research Council and the Health Protection Agency research which shows a failure to reduce HIV transmission amongst men who have sex with men despite a decade of prevention work makes for depressing reading.

  18 February 2013 | National AIDS Trust

• Real Talk: Play Well with Others? Open Relationships and Our Health

  What motivates couples to open their relationships—or not? How do men in open relationships (and their outside partners) protect their physical health and emotional well-being? And is the marriage equality movement changing expectations around gay relationships?

  18 February 2013 | BETA blog

• HIV among Israeli gay men up 55% since 2005

  According to statistics compiled by the Health Ministry’s sexual diseases clinic in south Tel Aviv ‏(the Levinsky Clinic‏), the rate of HIV infection among homosexuals ‏(2,603 per 100,000‏) is 4.5 times the rate of infection among heterosexuals ‏(573 per 100,000‏).

  18 February 2013 | Haaretz

• Number of gay men catching HIV has doubled in 20 years because new drugs have 'encouraged unsafe sex'

  Between 1990 and 2010, cases rose by 76 per cent due to fewer people using condoms. Experts say this is due to the introduction of antiretroviral drugs that are effective in treating the disease.

  18 February 2013 | Daily Mail

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