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It Starts with Me

We are at the start of a new era in stopping the spread of HIV. We know that the combination of regular testing, HIV treatment and condom use is the key to success. But tests, treatment and condoms are just tools – it is down to all of us as individuals to make it happen. It is what you do everyday that really makes a difference. You can stop HIV harming you and the ones you care about.

Published
15 May 2013
From
Terrence Higgins Trust
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Swazis in new HIV treatment trials

Swaziland, with the world’s highest incidence of HIV, is embarking on pilot projects to offer treatment to all people who are HIV-positive, irrespective of their CD4 count. The studies will investigate if the use of ‘treatment for prevention’ could reduce new HIV infections among Swa-zis. The new approach is called ‘Treat All.’

Published
13 May 2013
From
Times of Swaziland
HIV prevention policy
Cambodia on track to eliminate HIV transmission by 2020

The World Health Organisation says Cambodia is on track to become one of the few countries in the world to successfully reverse its HIV epidemic and may eliminate new infections by 2020. The Southeast Asian nation has reduced its HIV prevalence rate from a 1998 peak of 1.7 percent among people aged 15-49 to 0.7 percent in 2012 across the whole population

Published
13 May 2013
From
Radio Australia
Retention and linkage to care
People more likely to keep HIV clinic appointments if they believe their care providers know them as a person

People who believe their care providers know them as a person are more likely to keep their HIV clinic appointments, research conducted in the United States and

Published
13 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Herpes viruses associated with shedding of HIV in the semen of gay men taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy

Low level HIV replication in semen persists in almost 10% of gay men taking antiretroviral therapy, investigators from the United States report in the online edition of

Published
09 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
Epidemiology and behaviour
A majority of HIV-positive gay men in Dutch survey take their viral load into consideration if having unprotected sex

About 40% of men who answered a community survey for HIV-positive gay men in the Netherlands said they took their viral load into consideration in deciding whether

Published
29 April 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Treatment guidelines
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Applauds WHO Decision to Initiate HIV Treatment Earlier

World Health Organization (WHO) announced this week at Treatment as Prevention conference in Vancouver, Canada, that it will raise treatment initiation guidelines for HIV-positive individuals from a CD4 count of less than 350 to a count of less than 500.

Published
25 April 2013
From
Wall Street Journal
Behaviour change interventions
Optimism as Prevention: THT launches new campaign that “can halt HIV within a generation”

The optimism of the campaign is appealing, though somewhat naive. It may hopefully help destigmatising HIV, testing and treatment. Its emphasis on personal responsibility is welcome but will not always appeal to those most vulnerable, and ultimately, taking control over the epidemic will need more than just test, treat and use condoms.

Published
25 April 2013
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Promoting HIV testing
HIV spread in England 'can be halted within generation'

The spread of HIV in England can be stopped within a generation, according to a new prevention campaign launched by the Department of Health.

Published
24 April 2013
From
BBC News
Epidemiology and behaviour
San Francisco: A New Phase in the HIV Epidemic Among MSM

In San Francisco, HIV incidence did not increase between 2004 and 2011 among men who have sex with men, despite ongoing risk behavior.

Published
16 April 2013
From
Journal Watch
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