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September 27 Is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Tuesday, September 27, is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD), a day of action to call attention to the disproportionate effect of the epidemic on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.

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AIDS 2016: How Can Clinical Services Engage Men Who Have Sex With Men in Africa?

Men who have sex with men (MSM) living in African countries have an extremely high burden of HIV, Stefan Baral of Johns Hopkins University reminded delegates at the recent 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban. But in situations often marked by widespread social disapproval of homosexual behavior, health services for MSM are few and far between.

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September 27 Is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

September 27 is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD), an annual opportunity to call attention to the disproportionate effect of the epidemic on gay and bisexual men. According to the CDC, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men account for nearly two-thirds of new HIV infections in the U.S., despite making up approximately 2% of the population, with young black gay and bi men being most heavily affected.

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CROI 2016: High Levels of Chemsex and Slamsex Seen Among HIV+ Men at U.K. HIV Clinics

A survey of HIV-positive clients attending 30 HIV clinics in England and Wales, presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2016)last month in Boston, has found that nearly a third (29%) of gay male patients reported engaging in "chemsex" (defined by the researchers as "the use of drugs to increase disinhibition and arousal") in the past year and that 1 in 10 reported "slamsex" (injecting or being injected with such drugs). Figures were higher for some subgroups: 37% of Londoners reported chemsex and nearly 1 in 5 (19%) of men on antiretroviral therapy (ART) reported slamsex.

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National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Half Untreated, Most Unaware of PrEP

Only 50% of gay and bi men diagnosed with HIV have started antiretroviral treatment and 42% have achieved undetectable viral load, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released ahead of National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on September 27. A related survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that while gay and bi men see HIV as a top health issue, a majority do not get tested regularly and most do not know about pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP.

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