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Men who have sex with men (MSM)
HIV and Gay Media: The Vanishing Virus

HIV/AIDS has largely moved off the front page and out of public consciousness. What, then, is the responsibility of LGBT media in this climate of rising infection rates and a bored readership? Are they simply reflecting the community’s waning interest, or do they have a responsibility to keep HIV in the headlines, to serve as advocates for better public awareness?

Published
28 February 2013
From
My Fabulous Disease (blog)
Testing policies and guidelines
Uganda: Rights body opposes mandatory HIV testing

The Uganda Human Rights Commission has opposed mandatory HIV testing as envisaged in the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill that is before parliament. The bill provides for routine HIV testing of victims of sexual offences, pregnant women and their partners, but the commission is of the view that the provision does not specifically state as to whether their consent is necessary - suggesting that testing would be mandatory.

Published
28 February 2013
From
New Vision
Combatting stigma
Prince Harry Visits Schoolchildren in Lesotho, Speaks Out in Fight Against HIV

"Talking about HIV and understanding it isn't dangerous," Harry said at the Johannesburg dinner. "Denying it, or not knowing about it, definitely is. Our aim and hope is that we can influence a decline in the transmission of HIV and increase life expectancy, in a unique way for Lesotho: by addressing the psychological and social needs of the next generation, which is so important.”

Published
28 February 2013
From
Yahoo! News (blog)
Testing policies and guidelines
Uganda: Health Ministry Says HIV Testing Not Compulsory

The Ministry of Health has today, Feb.26, come out to clarify recent media reports that all people seeking treatment from public health facilities across the country will be required to undergo mandatory HIV testing first.

Published
27 February 2013
From
AllAfrica
HIV and criminal law
Bill Would Lower HIV Criminal Penalties in Iowa

The proposed legislation would lower the current maximum penalty of 25 years in prison to five years.

Published
27 February 2013
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Poz magazine news
History of HIV and AIDS
The Plague Years, in Film and Memory

What it's like when the worst years of your life get rolled up into an Oscar-nominated documentary.

Published
26 February 2013
From
The Atlantic
History of HIV and AIDS
Obituary: C. Everett Koop, MD, 96, Iconic Surgeon General

C. Everett Koop, MD, Ronald Reagan's iconic surgeon general who waged a war against smoking, defended disabled newborns' right to life, and championed knowledge over prejudice to educate the nation about AIDS, is dead at age 96.

Published
26 February 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Gays can't have sex

'Gays can’t have sex. We can have only “safer sex” or “protected sex” (where condoms or any other form of barriers are used). The sad part of “protected sex” is that it implies that sex between men is not safe,...' - psychotherapiast Marco Posadas ponders whether 'safer sex' is having a damaging effect on gay men's self-image.

Published
22 February 2013
From
Xtra!
TB prevention
MISSOURI: Senate Passes Bill to Increase Tuberculosis Screenings and Penalize Spreading the Disease

On February 14, the Missouri Senate voted unanimously to approve a bill requiring TB screening for more people and allow prosecution of those who spread the disease.

Published
21 February 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
Contraception
Marge Berer on Depo-Provera and informed choice

From one perspective, a method that a woman need only renew once every three months was a gift. One injection four times a year and no fear of unwanted pregnancy. But the potential for abuse of this method was obvious from the beginning, and abuse there was, from paternalistic family planning providers.

Published
20 February 2013
From
BMJ Group blogs
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