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

News about aidsmap

Looking to the future

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27 September 2012
Religion & faith

Religious beliefs don't deter HIV testing or use of antiretrovirals among Africans in London

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15 August 2012
Adherence

Australians find that money problems lead to poorer adherence to HIV therapy

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13 August 2012
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

What kind of prevention do gay men need?

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6 August 2012
Violence

Depending on how it's defined, between 13% and 46% of American gay men report intimate partner violence

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3 August 2012
Experiences of stigma

How to tackle HIV stigma among health care workers

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2 August 2012
Behaviour change interventions

Poverty-targeted cash transfers are reducing some HIV risk behaviours

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31 July 2012
Sex workers

Why do surveys show that female sex workers have 14 times the risk of having HIV as other women?

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31 July 2012
Activism & civil society

The Global Village

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27 July 2012
HIV & criminal law

In the real world HIV has changed; in the courtroom it is still the 1980s

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26 July 2012
Taking an HIV test

Why Zambians don't test and treat

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26 July 2012
Telling people you have HIV

South African study finds most women disclose HIV status to family, but far fewer to sexual partners

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26 July 2012
Epidemiology & behaviour

The paradox of HIV in black MSM in the US – very high infection rates despite no more risky sex and more precautions

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25 July 2012
Activism & civil society

Say it loud: We can end AIDS!

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24 July 2012
Sex workers

Criminalising condom possession by sex workers is a global trend

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24 July 2012
Epidemiology & behaviour

Very high incidence of new HIV infections in American black MSM; links with young age and unemployment

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24 July 2012
Finance & funding

Providing HIV treatment to employees can lead to big savings for South African companies

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24 July 2012
Activism & civil society

AIDS march: Keep the promise

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23 July 2012
Human rights

Taking steps to legal reform for men who have sex with men in Africa and the Caribbean

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22 July 2012
Finance & funding

Will the world pay up to end HIV? Global AIDS funding

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15 July 2012
People & personal stories

We did it!

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9 July 2012
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

If people who need HIV drugs aren’t getting them now, why should the prevention benefit of treatment be the reason that the drugs become available?

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15 June 2012
People & personal stories

Running in the rain

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12 June 2012
Epidemiology & behaviour

Health educators should work with the inner contradictions that 'barebackers' express

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8 June 2012