HIV Law & Criminalization
HIV Law & Criminalization
AIDS 2016: HIV Criminalization on the Rise, Especially in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Category: HIV Law & Criminalization
- Published on Tuesday, 02 August 2016 00:00
- Written by Lesley Odendal
Globally, 72 countries have adopted laws that specifically allow for HIV criminalization, either because the law is specific to HIV, or because it names HIV as one (or more) of the diseases covered by a broader law. This total increases to 101 jurisdictions when the HIV criminalization laws in 30 of the states that make up the U.S. are counted individually. The findings were presented at the Beyond Blame pre-conference held in advance of the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) last month in Durban.
AIDS 2016: HIV Stigma Persists in the Undetectable Era
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- Published on Thursday, 28 July 2016 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
In an era of widespread HIV treatment and undetectable viral load, stigma remains a persistent feature in the lives of almost half of people living with diagnosed HIV in the U.K., according to findings from The People Living with HIV Stigma Survey UK 2015, reported at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) last week in Durban. Nonetheless the majority of people with HIV score highly on measures of psychological resilience, enabling them to cope better with stigma.
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: Criminalization Decreases HIV Prevention and Treatment Among Gay Men [VIDEO]
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- Category: HIV Law & Criminalization
- Published on Tuesday, 12 August 2014 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
Gay and bisexual men who have been arrested or persecuted for same-sex activity are less likely to access HIV prevention services, and those who are HIV positive are less likely to receive antiretroviral treatment, according to a study presented at the 20th International AIDS Conference last month in Melbourne.
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.
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