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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.

Activism & civil society

Activists pressure Kenya's presidential candidates to act on HIV

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IRIN Plus News
26 February 2013
History of HIV & AIDS

Obituary: C. Everett Koop, MD, 96, Iconic Surgeon General

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MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
26 February 2013
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Gays can't have sex

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Xtra!
22 February 2013
TB transmission & prevention

MISSOURI: Senate Passes Bill to Increase Tuberculosis Screenings and Penalize Spreading the Disease

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CDC National Prevention Information Network
21 February 2013
Contraception

Marge Berer on Depo-Provera and informed choice

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BMJ Group blogs
20 February 2013
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Blue Cross Suspends Mandatory HIV/AIDS Drug Mail Order Program

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PR Newswire (press release)
20 February 2013
Experiences of stigma

HIV positive jobseeker 'humiliated' by Kent job centre staff

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BBC News
20 February 2013
Experiences of stigma

The Increasingly Strange Case of Uncle Poodle

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My Fabulous Disease
19 February 2013
Behaviour change interventions

Saving Safe Sex: An Interview With Richard Berkowitz

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Huffington Post (blog)
19 February 2013
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Uganda: Concern over mandatory HIV testing raised by civil society groups

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Key Correspondents
18 February 2013
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Leno bill modernizes California's HIV confidentiality laws

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San Diego LGBT Weekly
18 February 2013
Global health initiatives

What George W. Bush Did Right

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Foreign Policy `Democracy Lab` blog
15 February 2013
Experiences of stigma

HIV man loses restaurant loan 'for own protection'

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The Local.de
15 February 2013
Women

Violence as a cause or consequence of HIV for women in England

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Sophia Forum
15 February 2013
History of HIV & AIDS

NAPWA Announces Suspension of Operations and Bankruptcy Filing

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NAPWA
15 February 2013
Discrimination & the law

Justice Department Settles Three HIV Discrimination Cases

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AIDS.gov blog
15 February 2013
HIV & criminal law

No trial after all! Case against Norwegian prosecuted for HIV exposure via oral sex thrown out

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Blogspot
14 February 2013
HIV & criminal law

UK: Updated guidance on HIV transmission, the law and the work of the clinical team now published

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HIV Justice Network
13 February 2013
Health services & systems

10 Steps to Choosing the Pharmacy That's Right for You

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The Body
12 February 2013
HIV & criminal law

President’s AIDS council calls on feds and states to repeal HIV criminalization laws

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The Raw Story
12 February 2013
HIV prevention policy

Making recovery real: the public health future of drug and alcohol treatment

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National Treatment Agency
12 February 2013
Access to healthcare

Activists Launch Interactive HIV/AIDS Website

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Jakarta Globe
11 February 2013
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Russia's ban on 'homosexual propaganda' - traditionalism at its worst

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The New Republic
8 February 2013
Economic & social inequality

Legalising gay marriage may improve health and reduce healthcare costs

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The Guardian
8 February 2013