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PrEP
Why we need a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) trial among gay men in the UK

We need new HIV prevention methods, as 3000 gay men are diagnosed with HIV in the UK each year.

Published
16 January 2013
From
Medical Research Council
Policy
House of Lords questions on HIV Strategy for England

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish a cross-departmental HIV Strategy for England, in line with the Political Declaration made at the United Nations General Assembly in 2011.

Published
16 January 2013
From
Hansard
HIV prevention policy
Australia: Health Minister savages 'radical' LGBTI community leaders, health promoters fire back

Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has lambasted the state’s AIDS Council and the former Labor Government for a five per cent rise in gay men having unprotected sex between 2011-12. But Labor and the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC) both claim that the minister is greatly confused over the issue and is being irresponsible and misleading the public by effectively blaming members and groups within the LGBTI community.

Published
14 January 2013
From
Sydney Star Observer
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
HIV prevention: new pilots for beleaguered Swaziland

Swaziland, which has the world's highest incidence of HIV, is embarking on pilot projects to offer treatment to people who are HIV-positive, including pregnant women, irrespective of their CD4 count. Barbara Sibbald reports.

Published
11 January 2013
From
The Lancet
Tuberculosis and HIV
Tuberculosis and STD prevalence is different worry during EU presidency

Lithuania's EU Presidency during 2013 brings the spotlight on the country's very high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and TB.

Published
11 January 2013
From
Baltic Times
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
HIV prevention policy
More HIV Prevention Funding Should Be Shifted to Gay Men, Fenway Says

New infections up 12% among men who have sex with men (MSM) in 2010, CDC reports, but prevention for MSM is underfunded compared with other risk groups.

Published
09 January 2013
From
Fenway Health press release
HIV prevention policy
Two steps forward, three steps back – the current state of sex and relationships education in England

Simon Blake argues that the early years of the New Labour government showed great promise for those who campaign for high quality sex and relationships education in schools. However an overly hesitant approach ultimately stalled the process and the current situation is rapidly regressing, with young people in the UK set to suffer the consequences.

Published
08 January 2013
From
LSE British Politics and Policy blog
Policy
In China, Grass-Roots Groups Take on HIV/AIDS Outreach Work

In Guangdong, gay men are benefiting from a pioneering experiment that supporters hope will revolutionize the way the Communist Party deals with nongovernment groups trying to stop the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Published
03 January 2013
From
New York Times
Epidemiology
CDC Releases Data on New Cases of HIV

These new data establish a baseline for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) goal of decreasing new HIV infections by 25 percent by 2015.

Published
20 December 2012
From
AIDS.gov blog
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