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Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Higher rates of HIV in US black gay men may be due to smaller choice of partners and more age mixing

Limited partner choice, wider age gaps between partners, and mistaken beliefs about HIV status in regular partners are all driving the substantially higher rates of HIV in

Published
18 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Prisoners
Zimbabwe: HIV Wreaks Havoc in Prisons

The HIV prevalence rate in Zimbabwe prisons stands at 27%, a figure almost double the national prevalence rate, a health official revealed.

Published
13 May 2013
From
All Africa
Prisoners
Sex in prisons: Campaigners warn of culture of denial over sexual relationships between inmates as new commission publishes report

An HIV-positive inmate who was having unprotected sex with another prisoner was refused condoms by jail staff in a potentially harmful breach of guidelines, the Chief Inspector of Prisons has revealed.

Published
07 May 2013
From
The Independent
Prisoners
Defusing Scotland's HIV prison timebomb

Twenty years after Glenochil’s notorious outbreak, Roy Kilpatrick looks at how progress has been made to help inmates.

Published
11 March 2013
From
Herald Scotland
Drug-resistant TB
Ukraine: Curbing the MDR-TB Epidemic in Prisons

Once considered a disease on the decline, tuberculosis (TB) has seen a resurgence in Ukraine and several other post-Soviet countries that endured social and economic tumult after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Published
10 March 2013
From
Doctors Without Borders
Prisoners
Give needles, condoms to inmates to curb HIV, experts urge

Giving inmates drug substitution treatment, needles and condoms are key ways to help curb addiction and HIV infection in European jails, experts say, calling on authorities to change their approach to prison health care. "We support opioid substitution treatment and harm reduction measures, including needle exchange programmes. These measures are crucial, otherwise we cannot tackle HIV and other infections in prisons," Stefan Enggist of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said during an international conference on addiction in prisons organised by the Council of Europe this week in Bucharest.

Published
01 March 2013
From
Medical Xpress
Prisoners
US: HIV-Positive Inmates Too Expensive for Private Prison Operators?

How efficient is a privatized system of corrections that willfully omits inmates for whom medical care—especially treatments associated with HIV/AIDS—will be most costly?

Published
20 February 2013
From
CounterPunch
Prisoners
Alabama to End Isolation of Inmates With HIV

A federal judge ordered Alabama to stop isolating prisoners with H.I.V. The judge called the state’s policy “an unnecessary tool for preventing the transmission of H.I.V.” but “an effective one for humiliating and isolating prisoners living with the disease.”

Published
03 January 2013
From
New York Times
Prisoners
Two HIV-positive men take on Zambia government over prison conditions

George Mwanza accused officials of violating his human rights, and those of other inmates with HIV, by failing to provide adequate care in prison.

Published
06 December 2012
From
The Guardian
Prisoners
GMHC Releases HIV Policy Recommendations for Prisons

A new report by Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) addresses the domestic epidemics of HIV and mass incarceration. Fenced In: HIV/AIDS in the U.S. Criminal Justice System explores why communities with high rates of incarceration also have high HIV rates.

Published
03 December 2012
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