A look at this week’s HIV and Sexual Health news…
Hollyoaks actor Kieron Richardson opens up about heart-breaking HIV storyline
UK community to introduce new HIV testing programme
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Many HIV-positive people’s understanding of the law on HIV transmission is “weak and patchy”
Starting HIV treatment early and then interrupting is no better than delaying it
HIV sweeps across eastern Europe amid economic crisis
New study published in PLOS Medicine suggests that one form of injectable hormonal contraception is associated with an increased risk of women becoming infected with HIV
Study of HIV subtype’s global spread shows impacts of tourism, migration, policies
Gum Disease Can Lead Dormant HIV to Replicate
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Possible to “boost” certain immune cells to enable them to kill HIV-infected reservoir cells that have been awakened from their dormant state
Durban – Young women should be the focus of any new funding procured by the government in the fight against HIV and AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal
Legislators pass new HIV regulations (Taiwan)
Sustainable development is only possible if women’s health is prioritised
With Proper Care, People With HIV May Erase Raised Heart Attack Risk
The Deep South has the highest death rate of newly diagnosed AIDS cases in the USA, according to new research
Big pharma have a monopoly on HIV treatments in Peru
AIDS crisis brewing in Crimea and east Ukraine says UN
American gay men reporting depression, childhood sexual abuse, stimulant use, other substance use and heavy alcohol use are nine times more likely than men without any of these issues to subsequently acquire HIV
ART timing during pregnancy linked to detectable viral load at delivery
Shock and Anger in Cambodian Village Struck With HIV
China’s transgender sex workers “marginalised and vulnerable”
Ration Card Rules Leave HIV Patients in Lurch (India)
China Announces Over 100,000 New Cases of HIV/AIDS in 2014
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