HIV prevention news: Europe

NAM is launching a new monthly bulletin that covers HIV prevention news and research in Europe, and of relevance to Europe.

Our new email bulletin aims to strengthen your knowledge of the new prevention options and bring you the latest HIV prevention news and research.

Community organisations, HIV advocates, clinicians and counsellors across Europe work with people living with HIV and people at risk of HIV infection. These practitioners have a key role to play in supporting people at risk of acquiring HIV, or transmitting HIV, to understand their options and the implications of new research.

HIV prevention has been evolving rapidly in recent years, with landmark research developments in new prevention technologies and approaches, including HIV treatment as prevention, pre-exposure prophylaxis, expanded testing programmes and advocacy for proven approaches that remain unprovided, such as syringe and needle exchange and condoms in prisons.

As well as research from Europe, we’ll cover international studies that are relevant for people working on HIV prevention.

Each monthly issue will include:

  • Short summaries of the most important developments
  • Links to more detailed news stories and research reports
  • Links to background material
  • A selection of news stories from other high-quality sources.

We are initially offering the bulletin in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Russian.

You can sign up to receive this new monthly bulletin on the right-hand side of this page.

Archive

Issue #3 - December 2012

  • Real-world evidence of treatment reducing heterosexual transmission
  • Half of HIV-positive gay men don’t believe treatment reduces infectiousness
  • Very high rates of HIV infection among young US gay men
  • Disappearing patients limit the proportion of people with HIV who are non-infectious
  • Sharing drug preparation equipment a potential source of hepatitis C transmission
  • Some women with HIV unaware that HIV treatment can protect their babies
  • Two-thirds of sexually active teenagers born with HIV have unsafe sex
  • Project focus - Introduction of new advocacy strategies on HIV prevention in Armenia
  • Other recent news headlines
  • Editors' picks from other sources
  • AVAC/NAM webinar series
  • New prevention bulletin
  • Acknowledgements

Issue #2 - November 2012

  • Some lubricants damage cells – but may not increase HIV risk
  • Young gay men with HIV worry about disclosure, transmission and prosecution – older ones about confidence
  • Study confirms HIV is largely transmitted by recently infected people
  • Drug users starting HIV therapy take fewer sexual and needle-sharing risks
  • Over-the-counter HIV tests may be feasible
  • More gay men than ever diagnosed in the UK
  • Other recent news headlines
  • Editors’ picks from other sources
  • Announcing the AVAC/NAM Webinar series
  • New prevention bulletin
  • Acknowledgements:

Issue #1 - October 2012

  • What’s happening in PrEP?
  • Methadone maintenance halves HIV risk
  • Viral load no defence in Norway
  • More Africans infected in UK than thought
  • Is treatment as prevention working in France?
  • Scots take up HIV testing
  • Other recent news headlines
  • Editors’ picks from other sources
  • New prevention bulletin
  • Acknowledgements
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