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Ugandan mHealth initiative increases 'promiscuity'

A mobile phone-based health programme designed to improve access to sexual health information and boost safe sex in rural central Uganda had the opposite effect, according to the findings of a Yale University study published in May.

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15 hours ago
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IRIN Plus News
Sex workers
HIV Prevention For Female Sex Workers Dramatically Reduces Sexually Transmitted Infections In India

Thirteen years of peer-based, HIV prevention programs for female sex workers reduced both HIV and syphilis in young pregnant women from southern India.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Medical Daily
Behaviour change interventions
South Africa: Anal sex stigma leads to problems in HIV fight

The stigma around anal sex in South Africa was hampering the fight against HIV and Aids, Health4Men programme manager Glenn de Swardt said during a recent discussion. The discussion was about the dangerous gaps in HIV prevention created by narrow assumptions of what constituted sex, and in particular anal sex.

Published
13 June 2013
From
Independent Online
HIV prevention policy
Brazil: ‘Happy Prostitutes’ AIDS Campaign Sparks Debate

Activists complain of a “regression” in Brazil’s anti-HIV/AIDS strategy, which was considered one of the boldest and most effective in the world. A controversial campaign for sex workers has been cancelled and the head of the HIV program fired, under pressure from conservative evangelical churches.

Published
13 June 2013
From
Inter Press Service
Behaviour change interventions
Sexual health information is often inappropriate for Facebook sharing, say young people

Sexual health promoters who wish to harness the power of Facebook and other social media need to consider the role such websites play in young people’s

Published
13 June 2013
By
Roger Pebody
HIV prevention policy
'Happy Prostitute' ads yanked from web by Brazil health official

Happy prostitute ads online were intended to encourage Brazilian sex workers to seek treatment for AIDs as part of International Prostitute Day. But criticism over the 'Happy prostitute' ads may be indicative of the growing clout of evangelical Christians in Brazil.

Published
06 June 2013
From
Christian Science Monitor
Epidemiology and behaviour
Uganda: Behaviour relapse fuelling new HIV infections

Thirty five percent of people testing HIV positive in Kampala are repeat testers who had previously tested HIV negative. This is revealed by the latest data from USAID/Uganda Good life integrated HIV Counseling and testing Kampala project.

Published
03 June 2013
From
New Vision
Epidemiology and behaviour
Deciding what’s risky – Australian gay men pay more attention to the sexual act than to their partner’s HIV status or viral load

HIV-negative gay men in Sydney, Australia perceive the risk of HIV transmission to be different in different sexual contexts, according to a study by Dr Limin Mao

Published
29 May 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Behaviour change interventions
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
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