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Wales: HIV patients are at risk of being identified because of new prescribing system

HIV patients who are forced to report to hospital every month for a prescription could be forced into a situation where they have to reveal their condition to an employer.

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1 hour ago
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Wales Online
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Michel Sidibé: AIDS-Free Future Means Fighting Homophobia

With May 17 marking the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, IPS spoke with Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS, about how discrimination affects efforts to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS, how that fight is moving forward, and the post-2015 development agenda.

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1 hour ago
From
Inter Press Service
Outcomes and prognosis
Expanded access to HIV treatment achieves big falls in mortality rates in China

Mortality rates fell sharply among people receiving antiretroviral therapy in China between 2003 and 2009, investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency

Published
3 hours ago
By
Michael Carter
The search for a cure
We can't allow the search for a cure for HIV to 'get in the way of access to antiretrovirals'

Top AIDS scientists are in Paris to mark the 30th anniversary of the detection of HIV. One of them is Sharon Lewin. Her work on latent HIV cells could lead to a cure, but she warns it's a "tough ask."

Published
18 hours ago
From
Deutsche Welle
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
New EU regulations to protect healthcare workers from sharps injuries

Both NHS employers and staff need to be aware of and take action on new European legislation concerning the prevention of injuries from sharp medical devices.

Published
22 May 2013
From
NHS Confederation
Finance and funding
US HIV Care Groups Fear Post-ACA Future

Community-based providers of HIV care and social services are expressing fear they could disappear as the health system becomes more integrated and their funding sources potentially dry up.

Published
22 May 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Epidemiology
More than 7 million people now on HIV treatment across Africa

As the African Union (AU) begins its 21st summit in Addis Ababa, celebrating 50 years of African unity, The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has released Update a new report on the AIDS response in Africa, documenting the remarkable recent progress against HIV on the continent.

Published
22 May 2013
From
UNAIDS
Activism
Honouring Shivananda Duncan George Khan OBE

APCOM, one on the many organisations he helped to found, honours pioneering HIV and MSM activist Shivananda Khan, who died on 20 May.

Published
21 May 2013
From
APCOM (Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health)
PrEP
Majority of Italian HIV specialists would prescribe PrEP

Seventy per cent of Italian HIV specialists who answered an online survey would prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people in their care who ask for it, at least

Published
21 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Access to medicines and treatment
U.S. Pushing To End Cheap Drugs For Poorest Nations

The Obama administration is seeking to curb efforts to exempt the world's poorest countries from expansive trade rules that would substantially increase the price of life-saving medicine and other products.

Published
21 May 2013
From
Huffington Post
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