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4 JUNE 2021 VOLUME 23 ISSUE 22

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  • 40 Years In and 10.2 Million People With HIV Still Aren’t on Treatment

    It’s been 40 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ran its first report of an immune illness that would later be known as AIDS. Today, the broad rollout of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment regardless of CD4 count means that 27.4 million of the 37.6 million people living with HIV have access to lifesaving care.

    June 4, 2021
    Treatment
    POZ

  • ‘Sex for a Fare’ Motorcycle Taxis Threaten Uganda’s Fight Against AIDS

    Uganda’s motorcycle taxis riders threaten to derail the country’s fight against HIV because of risky sexual behaviours, including sex with clients in lieu of payment, according to a new study.

    June 3, 2021
    Male and Female Condoms, General
    The Guardian

  • The Indiana County Known for Its Historic HIV Outbreak Just Voted to Shut Down Its Needle Exchange

    Among public health experts, Scott County, Indiana is a case study in how syringe exchange programs can transform a community. In 2015, the rural county made national news when it experienced a historic HIV outbreak, fueled largely by needle sharing among intravenous drug users. All told, 235 residents became infected in a county of 24,000. After then-governor Mike Pence reluctantly approved the state’s first syringe exchange as part of an emergency measure, HIV rates plummeted. In 2020, the county saw just one new infection.

    June 3, 2021
    General
    Mother Jones

  • Time Is Running Out, Says UN, as HIV/AIDS Targets Missed

    The world has missed ambitious goals to stem the spread of HIV and widen access to treatment, jeopardising a target to end the AIDS pandemic by 2030 unless global efforts are stepped up, the United Nations said on Thursday.

    June 3, 2021
    General
    Reuters

  • HIV Incidence Down 73 Percent Since 1980s, but Racial, Ethnic Disparities Remain

    The annual incidence of HIV in the United States declined 73 percent from a peak of 130,400 infections in 1984 and 1985 to 34,800 infections in 2019, according to estimates published today in MMWR.

    June 3, 2021
    General
    Healio

  • Black Trans Women and Femmes Speak Out About Lack of Inclusion in HIV Cure Research

    When it comes to HIV, Black transgender women are the most heavily impacted population in the United States, with a prevalence rate of 62 percent—that means that almost two-thirds are living with HIV. Looking at those numbers made me wonder why. Why aren’t Black trans women being looked at and asked about their HIV testing experience? Why are Black trans women the last people to be paid attention to when it comes to access to health care and other social services?

    June 3, 2021
    General
    The Body

  • Two Sides of the Same Deadly Coin: AIDS at 40. COVID at One and a Half

    Unless society acts decisively, AIDS and COVID-19 could be with us for years to come; indeed, they will probably still be around when the next big pandemic comes.

    June 1, 2021
    Daily Maverick

  • Why People in Kenya Quit PrEP

    In-depth interviews with people who had accessed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) from public HIV clinics in central and western Kenya have explored why people choose to stop taking PrEP. The people interviewed had all stopped using PrEP after six months and had not discussed their reasons with the clinic. The average age of interviewees was 32 and 65 percent were women.

    June 1, 2021
    PrEP
    Avert

  • Nearly 1 Million People Living With HIV in Mozambique Without Access to Treatment

    Half of the two million HIV sufferers in Mozambique are without access to treatment as the country ranked fourth in the world in terms of the new HIV infection rate, said the Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago on Monday.

    May 31, 2021
    Treatment
    Xinhua

  • As the Pandemic Wanes, Sexually Transmitted Infections Are Likely to Rise

    If you were paying attention to social media recently, you might have come across a viral ad for EXTRA gum depicting scenes of postpandemic life: people slowly peeking out from behind closed doors, shutting their laptops before bursting maskless out of their toilet paper–filled dens into the street. The actors, all unwashed and unkempt, run gleefully to the nearest park where each proceeds to pounce on the first stranger they encounter and initiate a passionate make-out session, set to Celine Dion’s power ballad “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.”

    May 31, 2021
    General
    Scientific American

  • Can Long-Acting ART Be an Equitable Care Option for Black Women?

    In 2020 and 2021, the research, development, and distribution of vaccines for COVID-19 unsurprisingly held a tight grip on the media spotlight. Meanwhile, waiting in the pharmacological wings was a widely anticipated long-acting antiretroviral therapy (LA-ART) for HIV, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January. The approval of Cabenuva (cabotegravir/rilpivirine), a first-of-its-kind, once-monthly injectable regimen, ushered in a celebratory new chapter in the development of HIV treatments that offer safe and effective alternatives to daily pills.

    May 31, 2021
    Treatment
    The Body

  • HIV Prevention Drugs Are Not Just an LGBT Issue – The Stigma Must End in Black Communities

    As a child, my early memories include my grandmother warning me of life’s dangers: crossing the road without looking, speaking to strangers – and HIV. She instilled a hypervigilance of needles and sharp objects, the risks of blood and an awareness of HIV’s prevalence.

    May 31, 2021
    PrEP
    Metro UK

  • Tackling Pandemics Means Relearning the Lessons of Fighting HIV

    This week, the World Health Assembly (WHA), the governing body of the World Health Organization, is grappling with how best to prepare for and ideally prevent future pandemics. The WHA is taking as its starting point recommendations from the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, which issued its findings earlier this month. The report is toothier and more specific than prior comparable commissions but has also generated debate over if and how to create a global governing body for pandemic action.

    May 30, 2021
    General
    Foreign Policy

  • Let’s Seize the Moment of a Groundbreaking HIV Vaccine Approach and COVID-19 Immunisation Success

    For those affected by HIV, watching the stunningly swift development of not one but multiple successful COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year, has been partly inspirational, but also partly disheartening. If a COVID-19 vaccine can be developed so fast, many would understandably ask why, after decades, are we still so far from having a vaccine for HIV? Surely, more can be done to speed up and better finance the development of an effective vaccine against HIV/AIDS.

    May 30, 2021
    HIV Vaccine
    Daily Maverick

  • NAC Integrates Violence Prevention in HIV Response Programmes

    Rhoda Bandama left her rural home in Shamva for Bindura with the hope of finding a job so that she could look after her family. It was a tough time getting a decent job in the mining town, prompting Bandama, a widowed mother of three, to throw away the idea of getting a job and join the sex work bandwagon. Today, Bandama is one of the most prominent sex workers in Bindura.

    May 30, 2021
    General
    The Standard

  • US Renews AIDS Relief Support to Uganda

    A record 18th US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Country Operation Plan for Uganda has been approved. The plan articulates a continued commitment to increasing treatment literacy and messaging to expand knowledge, reducing stigma, and reaching every Ugandan who needs prevention, testing, and treatment to end HIV as a public health threat by 2030.

    May 28, 2021
    The Independent

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