What If I Told You the Project Inform Staff Was Hilarious?
As Mark S. King explains, HIV work can be hard but the people doing it have always found ways to have fun and stay sane Throughout the earliest years of the HIV/AIDS crisis, I deeply admired the...
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Views from the front lines: PrEP in Canada
CATIE spoke to three service providers about PrEP and finds very different conditions in different regions, but a common need for PrEP access. We spoke to three service providers to find their views...
View ArticleBetter depression care could improve outcomes for HIV treatment programmes
For AIDSmap.com, Roger Pebody reports from the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2017) in Seattle. Improved management of depression and other mental health disorders has...
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Ed Wolf's journal of the Trump years, part three: facing Trump's dystopia.
Ed Wolf: "... mostly I need to do this month again and again, 47 times exactly, until we vote him out of office on 11/3/20." Hokey pokey Day 22. The Hokey-Pokey It’s been 3 weeks now since the Donald...
View ArticleHIV prevention for people who inject drugs: New biomedical approaches and...
From CATIE, Camille Arkell looks at the risk of HIV transmission through injection drug use, and explores some of the factors that contribute to an increased risk among people who inject drugs. Une...
View ArticleHIV stigma: My fear of the red ribbon
From FS, Ruaidhri O’Baoill tells of dealing with the internalized stigma made apparent by wearing the red ribbon. This article originally appeared in the UK’s FS magazine, a publication of GMFA, here....
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Breastfeeding with an undetectable viral load: what do we know?
Megan DePutter on why undetectable does not equal untransmittable in the case of breastfeeding, but why women should be supported to make an informed choice anyway I’m not a mother and sometimes I...
View ArticleGilead receives approval in Canada for ODEFSEY™ for the treatment of HIV1...
Odefsey is the second single tablet regimen containing the Descovy™ backbone and the third product in Gilead’s new TAF portfolio to receive approval in Canada. Mississauga, On, February 16, 2017 –...
View ArticlePrEP can only work if perception improves - De Montfort University (DMU) experts
De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) professor Rusi Jaspal carried out the first study to find out what men in the UK felt about PrEP. He says misconceptions and fear of social stigma are hindering...
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From behind bars to the front lines of anti-criminalization advocacy
Bob Leahy talks to Ontario’s Chad Clarke about how Chad's time in prison for non-disclosure of HIV status on an aggravated sexual assault charge turned him into a passionate advocate against HIV...
View ArticleSupport people with HIV: stop the cuts!
The U. K.'s Christian Dolan: "There will always be those who will try to shut you down, but when you are fighting for what is right, when you are fighting for love, you do not give up." After a lot of...
View ArticleWomen: What HIV/AIDS organisations aren’t telling us about our amazing bodies!
Megan DePutter:"there’s a considerable lack of understanding, respect and information-sharing going on about the basic elements of women’s sexual health, enjoyment, and reproduction." When delivering...
View ArticleAIDS United affirms evidence that proves people living with HIV with a...
AIDS United joins Prevention Access Campaign consensus statement and issues implementation recommendations. In a statement released today, the AIDS United Public Policy Committee—the largest and...
View ArticleOne in five ‘heterosexual’ men in the UK caught their HIV from another man.
From AIDSmap.com, Gus Cairns reports on new data presented by Manon Ragonnet-Cronin and colleagues from Edinburgh University at the 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)...
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HIV and dating: toe in the water
Newly single after a long time in a relationship, the UK's Alex Sparrowhawk braves the currents of modern dating. Following my diagnosis it was a mere three months before I met my ex-partner. He was...
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Form & function in men's spring style.
Philip Minaker reports on this spring's casual looks for men. Many of us have opted for a less structured approach to dressing that accommodates our lifestyles. Incorporating clothing specifically...
View ArticleResearch Update: A new HIV primary and secondary prevention continuum
For CATIE, Logan Broeckaert reports on a new, cyclical model proposed in the United States designed to help the HIV-negative remain negative. Une version française est disponible ici. The HIV care...
View ArticleFunding update: Canadian AIDS Society says it’s time for the movement to...
The clock is ticking as 30% of community-based HIV organizations, including CAS, are set to lose federal funding in a year’s time. Bob Leahy reports The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is fighting for its...
View ArticleLove is all that matters
Patrick Italo Ettenes on dementia: "I know now that no matter what I hear in my head, I will go out and reclaim my life." Well, guess who’s attempting to get back into the swing of things! Brace...
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Undetectable = Untransmittable on tour: Bruce Richman visits Canada next month
Bob Leahy on U=U champion Bruce Richman’s appearances at community meetings in Toronto and Montreal next month. Details here. Want to meet the man who started a movement that has changed the way we...
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