Jamaica

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• Taking steps to legal reform for men who have sex with men in Africa and the Caribbean

  Human rights
  Roger Pebody | 22 July 2012

  We are dealing with two epidemics, the Australian judge Michael Kirby said at a pre-conference meeting on issues for men who have sex with men (MSM) yesterday. The first is the epidemic ...

• Untested children of HIV-positive mothers, and undiagnosed adolescents, 'a massive issue' at UK conference

  Families and children
  Edwin J. Bernard | 16 October 2008

  The majority of children of immigrant HIV-positive women attending a UK HIV clinic remain untested for HIV, despite a high risk of their being HIV-positive, according to the results of ...

• HIV-positive Caribbean people in the UK experience high levels of stigma

  Experiences of stigma
  Roger Pebody | 02 July 2008

  HIV-positive people of Caribbean descent are keenly aware of HIV-related stigma in their communities, and believe it is based on “a particularly Caribbean cocktail of fear of contamination, homophobia, religious ...

• Abbott announces Kaletra price cut for lower middle-income countries, makes new offer to Thailand

  HIV treatment
  Keith Alcorn | 10 April 2007

  Abbott announced today that it will cut the price of Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) in 40 lower middle-income countries to $1000 a year following discussions with World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan. ...

• Evidence that non-B strains of HIV being transmitted in the UK

  Transmission and prevention
  Michael Carter | 16 January 2006

  Doctors in south London have obtained the first evidence to show that non-B subtypes of HIV are being transmitted in the United Kingdom. In a study published in the February ...

• IAS: Needle-free T-20 delivery reduces, but does not eliminate, injection site reactions (corrected)

  Side-effects
  Edwin J. Bernard | 29 July 2005

  A needle-free way of delivering T-20 (enfuvirtide, Fuzeon) is easier to use and reduces, but does not eliminate, injection site reactions, according to the results of a Vancouver-based study presented ...

• Gilead extends access programme for tenofovir, Truvada to Central America, Caribbean

  HIV treatment
  Keith Alcorn | 17 March 2005

  Gilead Sciences is to offer its antiretroviral drug tenofovir (Viread) and its fixed dose combination Truvada (tenofovir and emtricitabine) to 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean at the ...

• Time to end dispute over ABC and condoms, say international experts

  Sexually transmitted infections
  Keith Alcorn | 26 November 2004

  A consensus statement signed by over 140 HIV/AIDS experts from 36 countries has called for ideological disputes over HIV prevention programmes to be replaced by a consensus based on the ...