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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.

Experiences of stigma

NHS Under Pressure To Explain “Homophobic” Response To HIV Drug Ruling

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BuzzFeed
21 October 2016
Global health targets

To get to zero HIV infections, San Francisco needs to help the homeless

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BETA blog
19 October 2016
Access to healthcare

7 Insurers Alleged To Have Discriminated Against HIV Patients

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NPR
19 October 2016
Drug policy & policing

Decriminalization is a public health strategy

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Treatment Action Group
18 October 2016
Combatting stigma

Consultation on the CPS Policy on Prosecuting Crimes against Disabled People

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Crown Prosecution Service
12 October 2016
People who inject drugs

Philippines secret death squads: officer claims police teams behind wave of killings

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The Guardian
4 October 2016
Palliative care

Stigma and empty wallets make HIV positive people carry on despite pain

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The Conversation
3 October 2016
History of HIV & AIDS

Obituary: Andrew Veitch

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The Guardian
3 October 2016
Employment

HIV is the hidden disability that is still holding employees back

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CIPD
3 October 2016
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Kenyan churches demand HIV test for couples wanting to marry

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The Catholic Register
3 October 2016
Young people

UNC Receives $18 Million to Combine Tech & Health

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University of North Carolina Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
28 September 2016
Human rights

Human rights—critical to ending the AIDS epidemic

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UNAIDS
28 September 2016
People & personal stories

On Treatment and Uninfectious, Women With HIV Still Shamed by Misinformed Providers, Public

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The Body
26 September 2016
Discrimination & the law

6 Nursing Homes Accused of HIV Discrimination

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Poz
22 September 2016
Drug policy & policing

Philippines' war on drugs affecting fight against HIV

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Deutsche Welle
20 September 2016
HIV prevention policy

I wrote this piece while getting chemotherapy, because people have started using cancer patients like me as a weapon against gay people

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The Independent
19 September 2016
People & personal stories

Through a Journal, a Long-Term HIV Survivor Looks Back at the Early Years

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The Body
19 September 2016
Human rights

How three drug users took on the might of the Russian state

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The Guardian
15 September 2016
Combatting stigma

Prince Harry makes private visit to HIV hospital where Diana helped break stigma

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Daily Telegraph
15 September 2016
Experiences of stigma

AIDS in South Korea: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

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The Diplomat
14 September 2016
HIV & criminal law

Black PLWHA Face Higher Rates of Incarceration, Longer Sentences

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Black AIDS Institute
13 September 2016
HIV & criminal law

South Africa: Two Women Charged With Stealing ARVs From Mpumalanga Clinic

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AllAfrica
12 September 2016
People & personal stories

This Is What It’s Like To Be Dying Of AIDS – And Then Survive

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BuzzFeed
10 September 2016
HIV prevention policy

Russia faces HIV epidemic with 1 million positive cases; Kremlin blames moral lapses

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ABC Online
7 September 2016