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Number of HIV cases in Czech Republic highest since 1985

In 2012 the National Reference Laboratory confirmed 212 new HIV cases of Czech citizens and foreigners with long-term residence. Consequently, the Czech Republic cannot be considered a country with the lowest HIV incidence in Europe any longer as the limit of two cases per 100,000 inhabitants has been exceeded.

Published
01 February 2013
From
Prague Daily Monitor
Epidemiology and behaviour
HIV in gay men 'refuses to fall'

Huge improvements in treating and testing for HIV have failed to curb infections in gay and bisexual men in England and Wales, a study suggests. New infections were static at about 2,300 a year between 2001 and 2010, despite rises in early diagnosis and far more people taking medication. Scientists, writing in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, said there had been a return of risky sexual practice.

Published
01 February 2013
From
BBC Health
Transmission and prevention
Uganda hailed over HIV fight

Lord Norman Fowler, a member of the UK's House of Lords, has praised Uganda for playing a key role in leading the world in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Published
29 January 2013
From
New Vision
Recreational drug use
Is London’s gay scene self-harming through sex and drug use?

David Stuart of gay men's drug project Antidote discusses increases in the use of methamphetamine and mephedrone in London's gay scene and an increased tendency to inject them.

Published
24 January 2013
From
Pink News
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Nearly Half Of Grindr-Using Gay Men Admit To Having Bareback Sex In New Poll

A new survey focused on gay and bisexual men who use apps such as Grindr, Scruff and Manhunt to meet sexual partners found that nearly half had engaged in unprotected sex.

Published
23 January 2013
From
Huffington Post
TB diagnosis
Steep fall in incidence of TB among HIV-positive heterosexuals in the UK

Incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-positive heterosexual people in England and Wales declined significantly between 2002 and 2010, investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. The

Published
15 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
Recreational drug use
High-risk drug practices tighten grip on London gay scene

The rise in use of crystal methamphetamine, with more men injecting drugs, is creating a perfect storm for transmission of both HIV and HCV, as well as a catalogue of mental health problems.

Published
11 January 2013
From
The Lancet
Safer sex
Young people know less about HIV and are less trustful of condoms, French survey finds

The first survey for six years of attitudes to HIV and sexual risk behaviour among the general public in France has found that young people are less

Published
10 January 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Epidemiology and behaviour
Married couples bear brunt of new HIV infections in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health is campaigning for HIV programmers to develop new interventions for married couples who are mow bearing the brunt of new HIV infections in the country. Amongst the evidence that HIV is hitting an increasingly ageing population is the fact that 42% of people above the age of 50 are HIV positive, compared with 25% of under-30s.

Published
02 January 2013
From
Keycorrespondents.com
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Documenting the rising epidemic among men who have sex with men in Asia

The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM) have released a new publication series intending to document and circulate good practices, share progress, stimulate discussion, and inform priority interventions and advocacy efforts to address the rising HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Asia.

Published
02 January 2013
From
UNAIDS / UNDP
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