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GENEVA, 18 May 2013—The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) joins partners and allies around the world in recognizing World AIDS Vaccine Day.

Gay men who drink heavily are more likely to become infected with HIV, and those who are heavy drinkers and also have unprotected receptive anal intercourse have a doubled likelihood of seroconverting. Publishing their findings in the journal AIDS, researchers studied a group of 3,725 HIV-negative men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) between 1984 and 2008

THE amount of HIV cases in the Territory has tripled in a year - mainly because of asylum seekers, illegal fishermen and migrants, a report has revealed.

In Brighton & Hove the proportion of new HIV diagnoses which are made outside of sexual health and antenatal clinics has increased from 25.7% in 2000 to 57.8% in 2012, driven by improvements in HIV testing in primary care and community settings. Moreover, there has been a dramatic improvement in the diagnosis of recent

The annual observance is on May 18.

The R.A.I. (Receptive Anal Intercourse) condom comes from Origami Condoms. 

ACON’s Ending HIV gay men’s engagement and mobilisation initiative is on the road for a series of community forums that kicked off in Lismore on May 3 and dropped in at the Oxford Hotel’s Polo Lounge last week.

There is a highly significant relationship between frequency and intensity of drug and alcohol use and risky sex among American HIV-negative gay men, a study published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes shows. “HIV risk among MSM [men who have sex with men] increases with both frequency of

A team of NIH scientists has developed a new tool to identify broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) capable of preventing infection by the majority of HIV strains found around the globe, an advance that could help speed HIV vaccine research.

Low level HIV replication in semen persists in almost 10% of gay men taking antiretroviral therapy, investigators from the United States report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. A low-level viral load in the blood and shedding of cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein Barr virus (EBV) in semen were associated with the detection

Dr Darren Russell who chairs the Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on HIV/AIDS announced that there will be 4 people appointed to head a new community HIV education, prevention and reduction strategy.

The Queensland government has announced that it will offer rapid HIV tests at sexual health clinics from June.

Healthy Communities welcomes media reports that rapid HIV tests will be available from sexual health clinics from June this year.

Healthy Communities already provides rapid HIV tests for the LGBT community from our weekly ‘Testing Point’ clinic on Tuesday evenings 6-8pm, staffed by volunteer nurses, doctors and peer educators.

“Rapid HIV testing has been available in many other countries for well over 5 years” said Paul Martin, Executive Director.  “The introduction of rapid testing to Queensland is long overdue and welcome.”

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Healthy Communities welcomes the announcement by Queensland Health that additional funding will be provided to Queensland Positive People (QPP) for HIV prevention and awareness workers.

QPP plays an important role in helping people living with HIV prevent transmission to others and raises awareness of the impact of stigma and discrimination.  Additional capacity to assist in this role is welcome.

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ELIMINATING HIV across the Northern Rivers using new testing and treatments is the focus of a campaign launched by the AIDS Council of NSW in Lismore.

The Global Forum for MSM and HIV has released an analysis of its 2012 Global Men’s Health and Rights Study (GMHRS) concentrating on young men under 30 who have sex with men (MSM), complementing the full report which came out in December 2012. Taken together, both reports reveal that MSM globally are faced with high levels

Come to ACON’s ENDING HIV Tour 2013 and find out how you can contribute to ending HIV.

Come to ACON's ENDING HIV Tour 2013 and find out how you can contribute to ending HIV. Ask questions, get informed, and create a movement that will stop HIV in its tracks!

 

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How often do you hear or see a headline like: "science close to cure for HIV" or "HIV cure around the corner"? This interview with Emeritus Professor John Dwyer from the University of New South Wales takes a look at how science is going in developing vaccines and treatments.

The Ending HIV campaign aims to open a discussion with gay men about the real possibility that HIV transmission in NSW could be virtually eliminated by 2020 as a result of advances in testing technologies and HIV treatments. 

 

Everything has changed. We can end HIV.

The Ending HIV campaign aims to open a discussion with gay men about the real possibility that HIV transmission in NSW could be virtually eliminated by 2020 as a result of advances in testing technologies and HIV treatments. 

Produced by ACON, NSW’s leading HIV and gay health organisation, the campaign focuses on three key activities needed to help end the epidemic:

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The recent MTN-007 study concluded that a "reduced glycerin formulation of tenofovir 1% gel was safe and well tolerated rectally and should be advanced to Phase 2 development."