Treatment as Prevention¨

The drug Truvada, which is becoming increasingly respected and popular globally as an HIV preventative, has at last been approved for use in Australia by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Until now, only those on strict drug trials have been given the Truvada pill as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), while many other Australians have been ordering […]

The college student had real concern in his eyes when he asked me a question during a recent presentation at American University. “Isn’t it true,” he asked, “that the HIV epidemic continues because people who know they are positive keep infecting other people?” It is a question I have heard before, in one way or

The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) firmly supports a move towards a more people-centred and evidence-based approach to drug policy, as pledged by the Honourable Health Minister Jane Philpott in her statement at the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drug policy last week. The global War on Drugs has for years

The final Seroconversion Study Report has been released, revealing more HIV-positive gay and bisexual men are embracing treatment than ever before. Gay and bisexual men who are newly diagnosed with HIV change their behaviour to reduce the chance of onward transmission, according to the results of a long-running Australian study released today. The final Seroconversion

But if Washington doesn’t put more money behind its ambitious rhetoric, HIV could make a major comeback. An investigation on the front line of the disease. MAPUTO, Mozambique – In a 2011 speech at the National Institutes of Health’s rolling campus outside Washington, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a reset of America’s global

CHRISTOPHER MUMBA, Lusaka COMMISSIONER-General of Zambia Correctional Services (ZCS) Percy Chato says the HIV epidemic has struck inmates with particular severity at a prevalence rate of 27.4 percent. Mr Chato feels only collaborative linkages with AIDS-service provider civil society organisations and international development agencies could provide adequate mechanisms of interventions. However, the establishment of the

Jessie & Carlos together with Dr Stephen from The Centre Clinic, discuss treatment as prevention and the growing suite of options of treatment available to prevent the transmission of HIV. Colin Batrouney the Director of the Health Promotion Program at VAC promotes the Treat HIV Now launched in association with Living Positive Victoria. Anthony talks

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – On March 31, 2016, the Los Angeles chapter of the Black Treatment Advocates Network, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, FAME Corporations, Gilead Sciences, Car Pros Kia of Carson, the Black AIDS Institute and local AIDS service organizations hosted “Black Lives Matter: What’s PrEP Got to Do With It,” a day-long