It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s SUPER-GONORRHOEA!
From FS Magazine, this report on the rise of drug-resistant STI. In the last couple of months we’ve seen headlines about three (yes, three) untreatable infections of super gonorrhoea. The World Health...
View ArticleFacing prosecution for challenging HIV policies in Tanzania
Lawyers arrested under pretext of ‘promoting homosexuality.' From Human Rights Watch, Wendy Isaack has this report. When Sibongile Ndashe, a South African feminist lawyer, got on a plane to travel to...
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Living with HIV in the 21st century
Isaac D.Joseph debuts on PositiveLite.com as a regular contributor with his assessment of what it means to live with HIV today. In 1985, The Normal Heart, a play about gay men in New York fighting...
View ArticleA year of generic PrEP could recoup its own cost within five years if...
From AIDSmap, Gus Cairns reports on the findings of a cost-effectiveness model developed by Public Health England. A cost-effectiveness model developed by Public Health England finds that just one...
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My new friend
Dennis Battler honours Shanti's life and faces a new diagnosis. “And now its Wed. Tue was another day from the Hellien Gods. Centered around my new bodily curiousity the nature of which is too...
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Free workshops at HALCO in November and December 2017
Everyone is welcome to attend any of these general interest workshops but space is limited so registration is required. Our free workshops are held in person at the HALCO office/Specialty Legal Clinic...
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Talking about HIV and U=U in Russian
Bob Leahy interviews the Switzerland HIV non-profit organization director Dr. Alex Schneider, an expert on the troubling HIV epidemic in Russia, the largest in the world Bob Leahy: Hi Alex, thank you...
View ArticleAfter I was diagnosed with HIV I started taking risks
From FS Magazine, Ruaidhri O'Baoill tells of "a time when I should have protected myself more than ever but instead put myself through continuous sexual risk" and how he found his way back. When I was...
View ArticleTo hell with the money!!
Kenyan HIV activist Kimutai Kemboi interviews "Eve", a former Nairobi sex worker. "Over the years, my needs came before my health. Risk of getting sexually related infections never came to my mind. I...
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How I define myself
New York guy Félix Garmendía: "The way we relate or identify to another human being, should always include a kind and proper choice of words." There are many ways to refer to somebody when you can’t...
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People with HIV still expect a lower quality of life than their negative...
Nearly 40% with an undetectable viral load still consider themselves infectious Gus Cairns reports on a European study commissioned by Gilead Sciences. A study commissioned by the drug company Gilead...
View ArticleDrinking three or more cups of coffee a day halves the risk of dying for...
"... we found that elevated coffee consumption had an independent protective effect on all-cause mortality risk.” From Infohep.org, Michael Carter reports. Drinking three or more cups of coffee a day...
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Ed Wolf's journal of the Trump years for November: expect the unuexpected
HIV activist Ed Wolf copes with Trumpism as the malaise continues. Day 94. Expect the Unexpected As some of you know, I had the great honor to be included in David Weissman’s award-winning...
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Another chance to hear Bruce Richman in Toronto
A November 22 community Forum brings New York City’s Bruce Richman back to Toronto for a don’t-miss community forum on U-U (Undetectable equals Untransmittable). He’s a colleague and a friend so I’m...
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Trump policy harming Kenya, Uganda health services
Expanded "Mexico City" policy causing cuts in HIV, reproductive care. Human Rights Watch reports. Early effects of United States restrictions to global health aid include cuts to essential health...
View ArticleU=U unites with ITPC to improve the lives of people living with HIV.
A critical and timely partnership has formed to share U=U knowledge worldwide. GABORONE, Botswana – Nov 1, 2017 – The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and Prevention Access...
View ArticleSTIs in a post-condoms world
From FS Magazine, Matthew Hodson: " Let’s talk about STIs when we need to talk about STIs but let’s keep our eye on the prize of ending HIV." Let’s talk about PrEP. Or, let’s talk about how HIV...
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Investigating where patients go when they leave HIV care
From CATIE, Sean R. Hosein reports on research that begins to paint a picture of what happens when people living with HIV are "lost to follow-up." - Previous research has found HIV-positive Canadians...
View ArticleThe C-word? ‘Condom’ reportedly too graphic for Russian Education Ministry to...
From RT.com: "The Russian Education Ministry says the word is inappropriate for kids and wants to avoid using it," Preparations for a nationwide online lesson on HIV have been halted because of…...
View ArticleThe S Word
Alex Sparrowhawk on HIV stigma "We want society to treat us with the same respect given to people without the virus. This means we need to live as we wish to be seen. Unashamed and unapologetic."...
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