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HIV and the Power of Escape

For the men of the AIDS Generation when death was an inevitability, sex and substances provided an escape, not only from the realities of AIDS, but also from the stigma and discrimination experienced by so many of us growing up as gay men.

Published
10 March 2013
From
Huffington Post
Women
UN must not backtrack on women's reproductive rights

Head of UN development programme sounds warning as Malta, Russia and Vatican try to remove references to sexual and reproductive rights.

Published
08 March 2013
From
The Guardian
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Michigan's HIV Testing Scandal

In researching alleged 2011 Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) data breaches, investigative reporter Todd Heywood discovered that MDCH “secretly collected” personal information—names, dates of birth, risk categories, and other demographic data—on people (and their partners) who went to government grant-funded organizations for confidential testing. Heywood reports that the state is using the private information in civil and criminal cases against HIV-infected people who present a “health threat.”

Published
08 March 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
HIV and criminal law
UK healthcare workers need better information and guidance on HIV criminalisation

Support services for people living with HIV would benefit from better information and support around prosecutions for the sexual transmission of HIV, according to a report released

Published
07 March 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Money, benefits and housing
Antiretroviral Drugs Sold for Food in Kenya’s Slums

Impoverished Kenyans living with HIV/AIDs are sometimes selling their antiretroviral drugs to buy food for themselves and their families. Medical professionals believe there has been a slight growth in the trend, saying that people are simply trying to survive.

Published
05 March 2013
From
Voice of America
History of HIV and AIDS
Oscar-Nominated Doc 'How to Survive a Plague' to Become TV Mini Series

The Oscar-nominated documentary feature How to Survive a Plague is getting a miniseries treatment. Mere days after the Academy Awards, ABC Studios has bought rights to David France’s film, which follows an improbable group of young people -- many of them HIV-positive young men -- with an eye toward a potential dramatic miniseries.

Published
04 March 2013
From
The Hollywood Reporter
History of HIV and AIDS
CROI at 20 - a look back

CROI, which started as a small national conference held in a hotel in Washington DC, will hold its 20th meeting this year. In this table, I’ve highlighted what I think has been the major news from each year’s conference. Enjoy the trip down memory lane!

Published
02 March 2013
From
Journal Watch HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
Human rights
AIDS Accountability International: South Africa to investigate Zimbabwe’s ‘politically motivated rape’

South Africa is to investigate crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe involving widespread rape perpetrated in the run-up to Zimbabwe’s 2008 presidential elections.

Published
02 March 2013
From
AIDS Free World
Human rights
Ghana: Stop Mandatory HIV Test

The Ghana AIDS Commission has advised pastors who ask their members to undergo a mandatory HIV test before they bless their marriages to stop the practice.

Published
01 March 2013
From
AllAfrica.com
Human rights
Uganda: Civil Society Opposed to Mandatory HIV Testing

Civil Society organizations (CSOs) have called for a repeal of mandatory HIV testing clause as envisaged in the HIV/AIDS and Control Bill, 2010, saying such a policy would drive the scourge "underground" instead of scaling down the recent increase in infections. The CSOs also called for repeal of clauses that mandate disclosure of HIV status to third parties, allow medical personnel to disclose one's HIV status to one's sex partner, and the criminalization of intentional and attempted transmission of HIV/AIDS.

Published
01 March 2013
From
Allafrica.com
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