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Women
Lawyer fights 'widow sex' tradition in Malawi

Lawyer and human rights activist Seodi White has long been an outspoken campaigner for gender justice in Malawi, a country where half its women are married before the age of 18. The prominent activist is targeting cultural practices that harm older, vulnerable women in Malawi.

Published
4 hours ago
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CNN
Vaccines
Study offers new way to discover HIV vaccine targets

The researchers have developed and experimentally validated a computational method that can analyze viral protein sequences to determine how well different viral strains can reproduce in the body. That knowledge gives researchers an unprecedented guide for identifying viral vulnerabilities that could be exploited to design successful vaccine targets.

Published
4 hours ago
From
EurekAlert (press release)
Condoms and lubricant
Reinventing The Condom - modernizing a life-saving tool

We have a product that is safe and effective, but underutilized. What if we could develop a condom that would provide all the benefit of our current versions, without the drawbacks? Even better, what if we could develop one that was preferred to no condom?

Published
21 hours ago
From
Impatient Optimists
PrEP
New Advocacy Group Wants to Improve Feasibility of PrEP for U.S. Women

Following disappointing results from the VOICE trial released at the recent 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta, a new U.S. Women and PrEP Working Group has called on the federal government to help American women use antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) safely and effectively. But the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) responded by urging the Food and Drug Administration to rescind its approval of Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) for HIV prevention.

Published
21 hours ago
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
Young people
UK: Fury erupts over government review of sex education

The government today rejected calls for national guidelines on PSHE lessons, sparking a furious reaction from campaigners.

Published
22 hours ago
From
Children & Young People Now
Young people
UK: Government criticised for failing to mention LGBT youngsters in sex education report

The National AIDS Trust (NAT) says the government’s sex education review “makes no mention of sex education which addresses the needs of LGBT young people.” Published on Thursday, the Department of Education’s review of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PHSE) Education in England recommends it continues as a non-statutory subject.

Published
22 hours ago
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Pink News
Epidemiology and behaviour
Media mis-reporting HIV rate among SA schoolgirls - true rate is 12.7 percent

The claim that 28 percent of South African schoolgirls are living with HIV started with a remark by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, misreported by The Sowetan. Unquestioned, it has been repeated by media across the country and the world. The true rate is half that.

Published
21 March 2013
From
Africa Check
Hepatitis C transmission and prevention
The New Deal: Gay Men, Sex, and Hep C

A new website has been launched, in order to provide gay men with information about sexual transmission of hepatitis C and how to prevent it; testing for and treatment of hepatitis C; and information about HIV and hepatitis C co-infection.

Published
21 March 2013
From
AFAO
Behaviour change interventions
Kenya condom advert pulled after religious complaints

A TV advertisement promoting condom use in Kenya has been withdrawn after an outcry by religious leaders, health official Peter Cherutich has said. Christian and Muslim clerics said the advert encouraged infidelity, rather than safe sex to curb HIV/Aids.

Published
21 March 2013
From
BBC
Young people
COLORADO: Abstinence Added to Sex-ed Legislation by State Senators: House Needs To Reconsider the Bill

The Colorado Senate sent House Bill 13-1081, a bill designed to update standards for sex education in Colorado schools, back to the state House of Representatives for additional consideration, after adding requirements that sex education programs emphasize abstinence.

Published
21 March 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
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