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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."

Published
24 May 2013
From
Radio Australia
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
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.

Published
15 May 2013
From
PinkNews.co.uk
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
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.

Published
15 May 2013
From
Terrence Higgins Trust
Promoting HIV testing
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.

Published
02 May 2013
From
CNN
Young people
New survey on HIV education: Progression, regression or stagnation?

There is room for optimism in the overall progress of the global education sector's response to HIV, says a new in-depth study of 39 countries around the world. However, a worrying degree of stagnation in some areas still exists and much more needs to be done if the sector is to fulfil its critical role in helping to intensify HIV prevention.

Published
01 May 2013
From
UNAIDS
Behaviour change interventions
UNITED STATES: 7 States Trying to Gut Sex Ed and Promote Abstinence

In 2013, at least seven states have proposed stopping comprehensive sex education in favor of an abstinence-based or anti-abortion approach. The seven states are Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, and Texas.

Published
01 May 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
Behaviour change interventions
Let's be more open about the joy of sex

The discussion around the new sustainable development goals – replacing the millennium development goals – are forcing us to re-examine the issue of sexual health and rights as the key to alleviating poverty and empowering women. There is growing evidence that promoting pleasure alongside safer sex messaging can increase the consistent use of condoms and other forms of safer sex.

Published
29 April 2013
From
The Guardian
Behaviour change interventions
Optimism as Prevention: THT launches new campaign that “can halt HIV within a generation”

The optimism of the campaign is appealing, though somewhat naive. It may hopefully help destigmatising HIV, testing and treatment. Its emphasis on personal responsibility is welcome but will not always appeal to those most vulnerable, and ultimately, taking control over the epidemic will need more than just test, treat and use condoms.

Published
25 April 2013
From
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Promoting HIV testing
HIV spread in England 'can be halted within generation'

The spread of HIV in England can be stopped within a generation, according to a new prevention campaign launched by the Department of Health.

Published
24 April 2013
From
BBC News
Behaviour change interventions
South African Viewers Hooked on AIDS-themed Show

Gavshon says, like many popular TV shows, Intersexions hooks millions of people each week with its recipe of love, sex and secrets. But its narrative is different: Instead a set cast of characters, it follows the progression of the evil virus through society.

Published
23 April 2013
From
Voice of America
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