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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Topic: Social & legal issues

Social, economic, legal and political issues that may affect the lives of people living with HIV, including stigma, discrimination, criminalisation, travel and insurance.

Young people

New York: Sex education banned in public school buildings owned by Catholic Church

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New York Daily News
8 April 2013
Adherence

Breaking the Silence on My Struggle With HIV Meds

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The Body
8 April 2013
Women

Marriage is a risk factor for HIV infection in Malawi

News
8 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Swiss Federal Supreme Court rules that criminal HIV exposure or transmission is no longer necessarily a serious assault

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HIV Justice Network
5 April 2013
Clinical trials

Big pharma, big data

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Financial Times
5 April 2013
Employment

New York Man Says He Was Fired For Having HIV

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ABC News
5 April 2013
Epidemiology & behaviour

Disagreements about agreements – many gay couples lack clarity on sex outside their relationship

News
5 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Kansas: Protection from quarantine for HIV, AIDS patients is discriminatory, state senator says

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Lawrence Journal-World
4 April 2013
Migrants, refugees & displaced people

Study: Undocumented Latinos Get Into HIV Treatment Dangerously Late

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ColorLines
4 April 2013
Self-testing & home testing

Review shows HIV self-testing to be acceptable, accurate and feasible, but finds little data on linkage to care for those testing HIV positive

News
4 April 2013
History of HIV & AIDS

The Crime of Being Positive: the development of HIV laws in the 1980s

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The Advocate
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

A Spectacle of Stigma: A First-hand Account of a Canadian Criminal HIV Exposure Trial

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AIDS Action Now
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Law Enforcement and HIV Policy Groups Release Fact Sheet for Police on HIV Risks - “Spit Does Not Transmit”

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HIV Justice Network
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Four Stories: The Effects of HIV Criminalization on Sex and Intimacy

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Advocate.com
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

HIV case headed to Minnesota Supreme Court draws national interest

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Minneapolis Star Tribune
2 April 2013
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Recruitment through social networks is an efficient way to increase demand for HIV testing among high-risk groups

News
29 March 2013
Finance & funding

EU in "denial" that sick economy costs lives, health experts say

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Reuters
28 March 2013
Transmission & prevention

Canadians' awareness, attitudes, knowledge and behaviours related to HIV and hepatitis C

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CATIE
28 March 2013
Drug policy & policing

'This Is Working': Portugal, 12 Years after Decriminalizing Drugs

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Spiegel Online
28 March 2013
HIV prevention policy

Was the “sexual revolution” triggered by the decline of syphilis?

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BMJ Group blogs
28 March 2013
Religion & faith

Good News on AIDS in Africa: Deaths are down, and the heroes of the story aren’t who you think.

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Slate
28 March 2013
Activism & civil society

New TB Activist Organisation Launched

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Global Fund Observer
28 March 2013
Sexual health

The rise of online STI dating

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BBC Health
28 March 2013
HIV & criminal law

Activist: Kansas HIV quarantine bill lets religious officials justify discrimination

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Raw Story
28 March 2013