A new report shows that significant advances have been made worldwide against inappropriate criminal laws and prosecutions for HIV nondisclosure, according to a statement by the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) and the HIV Justice Network, which coauthored the report.
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- 10 June 2013
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Poz magazine news
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has vacated an immigration judge's ruling ordering the deportation of an HIV-positive immigrant convicted of solicitation for oral sex. The order follows a motion by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking to retract its earlier argument that the man's HIV status made his solicitation conviction a "particularly serious crime."
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- 10 June 2013
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San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
Social and structural factors – such as poverty, marginalization and stigma – and not just individual behaviours are shaping the HIV epidemic in Europe and central Asia. This is the main conclusion of a new report released today by the World Bank Group, WHO/Europe and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The study systematically reviews evidence on HIV vulnerability and response in all countries of the WHO European Region.
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- 10 June 2013
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WHO Europe
During the XIX International AIDS Conference last year, Paul Semugoma, MD, gave a passionate speech on behalf of both LGBT and HIV-positive people. Coming out as gay during the speech made it even more memorable. As a private physician in Kampala, he specialized in researching HIV/AIDS among vulnerable communities in Uganda, including LGBTs. He shares why he came out, the aftermath of his speech and his hope for change.
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- 07 June 2013
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Nigerian lawmakers pass legislation which threatens to violate fundamental human rights and devastate Nigeria’s HIV response.
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- 07 June 2013
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MSMGF press release
The number of HIV-infected people in India’s Dakshina Kannada (DK) district who visit antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment centers has increased by 35 percent since January, when the Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society began reimbursing patients for travel to the centers.
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- 06 June 2013
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CDC National Prevention Information Network
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.
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- 06 June 2013
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The Virginian-Pilot
To counter high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), commercial and nonprofit innovators have developed solutions for tech-savvy users to stay healthy or share their STI status with partners.
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- 05 June 2013
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A legislation requiring real-name registration for HIV testing in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has drawn criticism from experts and AIDS patients despite officials' promises to protect patients' privacy.
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- 04 June 2013
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China.org.cn
On June 7, the New-York Historical Society will launch a new exhibition titled AIDS in New York: The First Five Years.
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- 04 June 2013
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