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Behaviour change interventions
Iran's first sex education film

Ever wonder what a sex education video looks like in Iran?

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1 hour ago
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Global Post
Global health initiatives
The Global Fund at Ten Years: Not a Happy Birthday

Last week, the Global Fund celebrated its tenth anniversary. These past 12 months, which ended with the Board persuading the Executive Director to resign, have been the Fund's most difficult to date, so the anniversary celebrations were rather muted. Whether the Fund's eleventh year will be more successful depends on how well the Fund learns from what went wrong during 2011.

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1 hour ago
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Global Fund Observer
Epidemiology and behaviour
What Really Fuels the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Black America?

For the past 15 years, we have been bombarded with images and media attention that have blamed the "down-low brotha" -- the closeted gay man who sleeps with both men and women -- for the AIDS epidemic in black America. Meanwhile, numerous studies have debunked those claims.

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2 hours ago
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The Body
HIV and criminal law
Singapore: Two men with HIV jailed for non-disclosure to same man at different times

A 27 year-old former civil engineer and a 48 year-old married man who had casual sex at different times with a 37 year-old man (who subsequently tested HIV-positive) have each been sentenced to 18 months in prison because they did not disclose they were HIV-positive.

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Criminal HIV Transmission
Telling people you have HIV
Chinese province may have new rule on HIV disclosure

HIV-positive men and women in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region may soon be required by law to tell partners their status the moment their test results are known. 

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3 hours ago
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AsiaOne
HIV and criminal law
HIV: Criminal law not the right approach

The criminal law should be used only as a last resort in cases where provisions within existing public health laws have failed to discourage behaviour likely to lead to HIV transmission, argues the Vancouver Sun in an editorial ahead of a Canadian Supreme Court review of any requirement for disclosure of HIV status prior to sexual intercourse.

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4 hours ago
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Vancouver Sun
Discrimination and the law
Milton Hershey School seeks judge's decision in HIV case

Milton Hershey's main argument continues to be that the student's HIV status poses a threat to the safety of other students. Not because of the possibility of accidental blood transfer — which the school acknowledges is remote — but because of fears the student could become sexually active while at the school.

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10 hours ago
From
Penn Live
Child developmental issues
Psych Signs Common in Kids With HIV

In a snapshot study of children and adolescents with HIV, about a third met criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder, researchers reported.

Published
16 hours ago
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MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Treatment guidelines
New BHIVA guidelines recommend discussion with all patients on potential of HIV treatment to protect sexual partners

The British HIV Association (BHIVA) today recommends that doctors should discuss the evidence for the effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment as prevention with all patients with HIV, and

Published
17 hours ago
By
Keith Alcorn
Side-effects
Spinal Cord Stimulation Effective for HIV Neuropathy

Constant spinal cord stimulation delivered through a permanently implanted device can offer pain relief to patients with HIV-related polyneuropathy that is refractory to conservative treatment.

Published
20 hours ago
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
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