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Injecting drug use
Drugs policymakers of the 1980s knew the score

This is not the time to undermine harm reduction strategies such as the needle exchange programme, bravely, and surprisingly, initiated by Thatcher and her Tory government.

Published
13 hours ago
From
The Guardian
History of HIV and AIDS
Diseased Pariah News

Bob Leahy on the irreverent magazine by and for people living with HIV which brought black humour to the forefront of activism in the 1990s.

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13 hours ago
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Positive Lite
The search for a cure
'I don't want to be only person cured of HIV'

Timothy Ray Brown, a native of Seattle who was the first person cured of the AIDS virus, is joining with scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to help extend the cure to others.

Published
20 hours ago
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The Seattle Times
Health services and systems
Austerity cuts to Spanish healthcare system are 'putting lives at risk'

A series of austerity reforms made by the Spanish government could lead to the effective dismantling of large parts of the country's healthcare system, with potentially detrimental effects on the health of the Spanish people, according to new research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Published
20 hours ago
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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Policy
Russia strengthens commitment to reversing the AIDS epidemic in the region

The Russian Federation and UNAIDS have launched a new Regional Cooperation Programme for Technical Assistance for HIV and other Infectious Diseases in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The US$ 16 million Programme, funded by the Russian Government, was launched during the G20 Civil Summit which was held in Moscow from 11-13 June

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20 hours ago
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UNAIDS
Prisoners
South Africa: HIV convicts freed to die

HIV-positive inmates released from prison are handed a virtual death sentence - there is no obligation on the Department of Correctional Services to ensure that they continue to receive, and take, medication.

Published
20 hours ago
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Times Live
Treatment guidelines
Early Treatment May Do More Harm Than Good in Poor Regions

While U.S. treatment guidelines recommend universal HIV treatment, the benefits of such a policy may not outweigh the costs in resource-poor global areas. Three researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases, arguing that the limited scope and inconsistent availability of antiretrovirals (ARVs), as well as diminished laboratory monitoring capacity, prompt ethical considerations about applying U.S. treatment standards to impoverished countries at this time.

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20 hours ago
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AIDSMeds
Promoting HIV testing
More Than Half of Young HIV-Infected Americans Are Not Aware of Their Status

Young people between the ages of 13 and 24 represent more than a quarter of new HIV infections each year (26 percent) and most of these youth living with HIV (60 percent) are unaware they are infected, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most-affected young people are young gay and bisexual men and African-Americans, the report says.

Published
20 hours ago
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US CDC
Behaviour change interventions
Ugandan mHealth initiative increases 'promiscuity'

A mobile phone-based health programme designed to improve access to sexual health information and boost safe sex in rural central Uganda had the opposite effect, according to the findings of a Yale University study published in May.

Published
20 hours ago
From
IRIN Plus News
Sexually transmitted infections
STD Screening Strategies: Urine Not Enough in MSM

Urine screening alone is not a reliable method of finding gonorrhea and chlamydia infections in young men who have sex with men (MSM). Triple screening—pharyngeal, rectal, and genital—improves chlamydia and gonorrhea detection, particularly in an at-risk population.

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20 hours ago
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Internal Medicine News
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