HIV Policy & Advocacy
AIDS 2014: People with HIV -- Not Victims But Partners [VIDEO]
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Thursday, 07 August 2014 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
Recalling the Denver Principles -- the 1983 declaration of the self-empowerment of people with HIV/AIDS -- John Manwaring, a young gay man living with HIV, spoke at the 20th International AIDS Conference last month in Melbourne about the need for HIV positive people to be full partners in efforts to expand HIV awareness, prevention, and treatment.
Of Guidelines Targets, and Resources -- Documents that Defined AIDS 2014
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Tuesday, 29 July 2014 00:00
- Written by Gus Cairns
If there was a phrase that defined the 20th International AIDS Conference last week in Melbourne -- one that surfaced in every few presentations and kept turning up in documents -- it was "key affected populations." New World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines released in conjunction with AIDS 2014 recommend pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as an option for gay men at risk for HIV infection and naloxone to prevent overdoses among people who inject drugs (PWID).
AIDS 2014: Good Adherence Seen in IPERGAY Study of Intermittent PrEP
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Thursday, 24 July 2014 00:00
- Written by Gus Cairns
The first results from the IPERGAY study, a trial of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in gay men taking place in France and Quebec, Canada, appear to indicate excellent adherence to a novel "pre-and-post" intermittent PrEP strategy designed to save money and reduce time spent taking PrEP unnecessarily. The results were presented at the 20th International AIDS Conference this week in Melbourne, Australia.
AIDS 2014: Police Can Play a Role in Reducing HIV [VIDEO]
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- Category: HIV Law & Criminalization
- Published on Tuesday, 29 July 2014 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
An increasing body of evidence indicates that police practices -- including confiscating condoms from sex workers, arresting people for using drugs, and persecuting gay men and transgender people -- can impede public health and discourage people from accessing crucial HIV prevention and care services.
AIDS 2014: Melbourne Declaration -- Nobody Left Behind
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Thursday, 24 July 2014 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
Ending discrimination against and criminalization of people with HIV and at-risk populations including gay men, sex workers, transgender people, and people who use drugs is a fundamental component of the response to HIV/AIDS, according to the Melbourne Declaration, the official statement of the 20th International AIDS Conference taking place this week in Melbourne, Australia. Sign on to the declaration at www.aids2014.org/declaration.aspx.
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