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Injecting drug use
Canada: Fears raised that new federal rules will block safe injection sites

Concerns are being raised that the Harper government’s new application rules will block safe injection sites for addicts, and that it may be intentional. Dr. Evan Wood said that the “bar as been raised so high” with this criteria that it makes the task of establishing an injection site “daunting.”

Published
07 June 2013
From
Canada.com
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Combination prevention could "eliminate" HIV transmissions in Vietnam, model projects

A “combination prevention” strategy with targeted HIV testing and early antiretroviral therapy at its core has the potential to virtually eliminate new HIV transmissions in Vietnam, according

Published
07 June 2013
By
Michael Carter
Sex workers
Female sex workers frequently offered larger fees by their clients in return for sex without a condom

Client demand for unprotected sex is contributing to the HIV epidemic among female sex workers, according to Canadian research published in the online edition of the Journal

Published
07 June 2013
By
Michael Carter
HIV prevention policy
'Happy Prostitute' ads yanked from web by Brazil health official

Happy prostitute ads online were intended to encourage Brazilian sex workers to seek treatment for AIDs as part of International Prostitute Day. But criticism over the 'Happy prostitute' ads may be indicative of the growing clout of evangelical Christians in Brazil.

Published
06 June 2013
From
Christian Science Monitor
Testing policies and guidelines
US: Free HIV tests for teens in public raise eyebrows

John Chittick, the cheery, unorthodox leader of an AIDS education group, started his testing effort in Virginia Beach last October. He has been testing teens and young adults on public streets and in city parks and bringing volunteers of his Norfolk-based TeenAIDS-PeerCorps to videotape those he approaches.

Published
06 June 2013
From
The Virginian-Pilot
HIV prevention policy
High rates of gonorrhoea among people living with HIV in the US

Combining HIV and gonorrhoea surveillance databases has revealed a high prevalence of gonorrhoea among people living with HIV in four US settings. Published in the online

Published
06 June 2013
By
Michael Carter
Transgender people
New research examines treatment outcomes of HIV-positive transgender people

HIV-positive transgender people are just as likely to stay in care, take their medication and have similar outcomes as other men and women living with the disease, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and published online May 30 in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Published
05 June 2013
From
News-Medical.net
Sexually transmitted infections
2012: half a million sexually transmitted infections in England

There were just under half a million new diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2012, according to data released by Public Health England today. As in previous

Published
05 June 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Terrence Higgins Trust calls for male HPV vaccine after Michael Douglas’s cancer oral sex claims

The Terrence Higgins Trust is reiterating calls for the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination programme to include gay and bisexual men following Hollywood actor Michael Douglas’s comments about oral cancer.

Published
04 June 2013
From
Pink News
Human rights
Nigerian Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill: Civil Society, Human Rights Defenders and others Call for its Immediate Withdrawal!

On the 30th May 2013, the Nigeria House of Representatives passed the bill titled “Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill’’. The Bill prohibits marriage between persons of same sex, criminalize organizations and persons who directly or indirectly aid or abate such a union.

Published
03 June 2013
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