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The blame game that is taking Uganda back to ABC

President Museveni has continuously blamed increasing HIV prevalence in Uganda on non-governmental organisations’ promotion of condom use, sex work and circumcision. “There are so many conflicting messages” observes Mr. Museveni.

Published
06 February 2013
From
Key Correspondents
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Study finds incentive price for reducing HIV risk in Mexico

With a goal to reduce HIV risk behaviors, researchers investigated whether gay men and male sex workers in Mexico City would participate in a conditional cash transfer program that encourages HIV prevention education and regular testing. A new study in the European Journal of Health Economics reports the price that would get more than 75 percent participation: $288 a year.

Published
05 February 2013
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Epidemiology and behaviour
Extra-couple HIV transmission a major driver of Africa's HIV epidemic

New research suggests that heterosexual couples in long-term relationships who have sexual encounters outside their established partnership (extra-couple relationships) are one of the main drivers of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.

Published
05 February 2013
From
Medical Xpress
Behaviour change interventions
Text messaging as an effective HIV prevention intervention for metaphetamine-using MSM

A study has found that text messaging can be an effective way to reduce high-risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission among methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men (MSM). Participants received a two-week intervention of social support and health education text messages in real time.

Published
31 January 2013
From
AIDS,gov
Behaviour change interventions
Awareness rises following PEP communications

Gay men’s awareness of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) significantly improved in Western Australia, following implementation of a communications strategy, according to a study recently published in BMC

Published
14 January 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Behaviour change interventions
Low uptake of behavioural interventions by gay men at English sexual health clinics

Only a quarter of gay men who had had unprotected sex were offered and accepted a structured intervention (such as motivational interviewing or counselling) when attending their

Published
11 January 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Behaviour change interventions
Two decades of HIV/AIDS Public Service Announcements

Here is a historical timeline of HIV/AIDS public service announcements — the range of which demostrates the ever-changing message surrounding the disease.

Published
10 December 2012
From
GlobalPost
Behaviour change interventions
Couples HIV testing and counselling prompts rapid switch to consistent condom use in South African study

HIV testing and counselling of couples quickly led to consistent condom use among serodiscordant couples in stable relationships in South Africa, researchers report in the advance online edition

Published
05 December 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Women
South Africa: No Stop to HIV Infections Unless Gender Violence Addressed

Zero HIV infection rates will never be achieved unless tackling gender-based violence is part of addressing the epidemic, an expert told HIV specialists, researchers and nurses, meeting at the first Southern African HIV Clinicians Society conference.

Published
27 November 2012
From
AllAfrica
Behaviour change interventions
Drawing the line on fear: balance in advertising standards

Advertisers responsible for getting important messages through to a population swamped with advice and warnings suffer from understandable frustration. So, what does it take to make people take notice?

Published
26 November 2012
From
The Conversation
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