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Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
New EU regulations to protect healthcare workers from sharps injuries

Both NHS employers and staff need to be aware of and take action on new European legislation concerning the prevention of injuries from sharp medical devices.

Published
13 hours ago
From
NHS Confederation
HIV infection rates rising in Kazakhstan

Research shows that HIV/AIDS among gay men is far higher than government statistics suggest.

Published
14 hours ago
From
Aljazeera.com
Epidemiology and behaviour
Smartphones Partially Responsible For HIV Spike In Philippines, Says Official

The Philippines was named one of the nine countries with a rising HIV rate this year. One DOH official argues that smartphones and social media are to blame.

Published
14 hours ago
From
Medical Daily
PrEP
Majority of Italian HIV specialists would prescribe PrEP

Seventy per cent of Italian HIV specialists who answered an online survey would prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people in their care who ask for it, at least

Published
21 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Epidemiology and behaviour
UNITED STATES: Navajo Confront an Increase in New H.I.V. Infections

A surge in H.I.V. infections on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico has doctors and public health workers increasingly alarmed that the virus that causes AIDS has resurfaced with renewed intensity in this impoverished region. The challenges of prevention are amplified in a place where sex is still rarely discussed publicly and infection is often hidden from loved ones.

Published
21 May 2013
From
New York Times
Retention and linkage to care
Case workers can re-engage a high proportion of HIV-positive people lost to long-term care

Caseworkers helped 50% of HIV-positive people in New York City who had dropped out of care re-engage with HIV medical care, investigators report in the online edition

Published
20 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
Epidemiology and behaviour
Promiscuous Gay Nerd: Is It Time to Abandon Serosorting?

Consider the underlying assumption of serosorting: that, for negative guys, choosing to have condomless sex with other negative guys is less risky than having condomless sex with poz guys. In an era of treatment as prevention, at some point doesn’t that assumption become untenable? Especially in cities with low testing rates and high levels of HIV stigma?

Published
20 May 2013
From
BETA blog
Vaccines
'Gap' for HIV vaccine efforts after latest setback

The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts.

Published
20 May 2013
From
FRANCE 24
Injecting drug use
Injecting Rooms: Have we progressed since the 1970’s?

As the debate heats up in Brighton over the introduction of injecting rooms, there is a feeling of déjà vu at Blenheim and our long history documents similar debates in the 1960’s and 1970’s.

Published
20 May 2013
From
Blenheim CDP
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
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