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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.

Combatting stigma

Emmerdale

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Alex Sparrowhawk: HIV & Me (blog)
14 January 2014
HIV & criminal law

UNAIDS and the Global Fund express deep concern about the impact of a new law affecting the AIDS response and human rights of LGBT people in Nigeria

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UNAIDS
14 January 2014
Sex workers

Burma: Push to decriminalize sex work, but stigma remains

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IRIN
14 January 2014
Mental & emotional health problems

Robert Levithan: The Happy AIDS Memoir

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Huffington Post
13 January 2014
Social & legal issues

The World Health Organization’s error on HIV self-infection in Greece adds insult to injury for HIV positive Greeks

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United Solidarity International
13 January 2014
Human rights

Global Fund To End Funding for HIV Services in Drug Treatment Centres in Viet Nam

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Global Fund Observer
9 January 2014
Cancer

HIV Treatment Activist Nelson Vergel Faces Down Cancer

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My Fabulous Disease
9 January 2014
HIV prevention policy

New York: AIDS Activists Demand New Health Commissioner

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Gay City News
9 January 2014
People & personal stories

Michael Weinstein, leader in AIDS movement, has hard-charging style

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Los Angeles Times
6 January 2014
Activism & civil society

HIV/AIDS Activists Die-In at NYC Mayor de Blasio Inauguration

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Poz magazine news
6 January 2014
UK health services

Rosemary Gillespie to take lead role at Terrence Higgins Trust

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Third Sector
6 January 2014
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Why coming out can mean staying safe

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GMI Partnership
2 January 2014
Taking an HIV test

Pre-test HIV risk reduction counselling is not worth the money

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BMJ
2 January 2014
Epidemiology & behaviour

In Mali, HIV/AIDS remains shrouded in silence

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UNICEF
2 January 2014
Activism & civil society

Andrew Hunter, HIV and Sex Worker Rights Activist, Dies

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Poz magazine news
31 December 2013
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

New law a setback for Uganda’s HIV response

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IRIN Plus News
24 December 2013
Human rights

Ugandan MPs pass life in jail anti-homosexual law

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BBC
20 December 2013
Combatting stigma

Openly HIV-positive gay men to paint Soho red on 16 January

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The Gay UK
20 December 2013
Discrimination & the law

US: Activists rally for equal access to transplants for patients with HIV

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Al Jazeera America
20 December 2013
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

SF program pushes immediate HIV treatment for acute infection

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San Francisco Chronicle
18 December 2013
Sex workers

Myanmar's 'Big Sister' Leads in HIV Fight

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The Diplomat
18 December 2013
Activism & civil society

Kenneth Cole Needs a History Lesson

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Huffington Post (blog)
18 December 2013
History of HIV & AIDS

Erasing Gay Men From AIDS History

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The Bilerico Project
18 December 2013
Sex workers

Report: Aggressive Police Tactics Contributing to New Orleans' Staggering HIV HIV/AIDS Rate

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Mother Jones
17 December 2013