Barbados - Study finds progress in treating HIV in the Caribbean 'tenuous'

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Jamaica Observer

Bridgetown, Barbados

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Barbados - HIV PrEP – The morals Police are allowing new infections

Nastassia Rambarran

Stabroek News

Georgetown, Barbados

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Curacao - PAHO Urges Testing As The First Step Towards Preventing HIV And Halting The AIDS Epidemic

Staff
Curaçao Chronicle

Willemstad, Curaçao

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Kenya - Kenya to conduct trial on new HIV prevention drug

Elizabeth Merab
Daily Nation

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AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin and the Fight Against HIV

John Jahn
Shepherd Express

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ezs note:  This is a scholarly, well-written article, including the origins of the AIDS virus from SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus).  This is far more than the stock AIDS article, even though it is written for a general audience.  Please read it if you can.

People With HIV Are Panicking Due To Tanzania's Crackdown On Gays

Amy Fallon
WABE

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Tanzania suspends some HIV programmes for gay men, says health minister

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Reuters

Tanzania

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ezs note:  If you want to help, write a respectful letter or e-letter to President John Pombe Magufuli, urging him to give AIDS therapies to same-sex couples, and to release those who are imprisoned.  Thanks.

For Our Communities, HIV Is Too Important to Ignore

Brent A. Wilkes and Mary Beth Maxwell
Advocate

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ezs note:  Please, if you haven't had your HIV test, or it's been some time since you've had one (one year or more) go and have one now.  You'll be glad you did!

Treating and Preventing HIV with Trauma-Informed Care

Laurie Saloman
Contagion Live

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Pridelines intergenerational conference shines light on HIV prevention

Christian Portilla
Miami Herald

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Large-scale HIV vaccine trial to launch in South Africa

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National Institutes of Health

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ezs note:  We have to be careful - after all, it won't be until 2020 that we receive the results - but it could be that this vaccine is promising.  In the meantime, please use medicines that are useful NOW.

An HIV Prevention Pill for Transgender Persons

Scott LaFee and Lisa Loeb Stanga
UC San Diego Health

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ezs note:  As always, before you take Truvada, talk with an experienced physician about the benefits and contraindications.  Also, refrain from sex before beginning treatment.  Thanks!

CDC Statement on National Transgender HIV Testing Day

Jonathan H. Mermin and Eugene McCray
The Body

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ezs note:  Yeh, yeh... I've heard them all before... the latest is that you'll get tested when the full Moon crosses with Jupiter. Cut the crap. Get tested now.  I did! 

On the Fight Against HIV and AIDS -- and on the People Who Really Started the Conversation

Hillary Clinton
The Huffington Post

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Elton John Foundation donates $5m to lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender Africans suffering from HIV/AIDS (Nigeria)

Staff
Naija24/7

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Ain't I a Woman?: National HIV/AIDS Strategy Fails Sex Workers, Transgender Women Burdened by the Criminal Justice System

Megan McLemore
Human Rights Watch

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New Policy Brief from WHO Addresses HIV and AIDS Among Transgender People

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HRC

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CDC awards $3.8 mill to local agencies for 5 year HIV prevention partnership

Press release
Windy City Times

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ezs note:  If you live in the Chicago area, and are African-American or Chicano/Chicana, please take advantage of the following programs.  Be happy and healthy!

HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Popular in High-Risk Patients

Marcia Frelick
Medscape

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ezs note:  Be happy - just be careful!  Consult with a COMPETENT doctor about alternatives before you have sex.

Sex work and violence (India)

Sohaila Abdulali
Live Mint

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