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July 7, 2020

ViiV Positive Perspectives 2 Study Shows Importance of HCPs Telling Patients About U=U

“A global study has found that a holistic approach to providing medical care for people living with HIV improved various health and well-being outcomes, including viral suppression and quality of life. Such an approach, as evaluated in the Positive Perspectives 2 study, involved health care providers engaging people with HIV in an open dialogue and …

June 4, 2020

Prevention Access Campaign, USA stands with Black Lives: Statement from PAC’s Board of Directors committing to action and solidarity

“There is a lot to be angry about right now in the United States. For the past three months, we have watched the COVID-19 pandemic wreak havoc across the United States, exposing massive healthcare disparities many of us in the HIV community have fought against for decades. Black and Brown folks are suffering from the …

May 1, 2020

HIV Prevention England: HIV Treatment as Prevention Briefing Paper

“The demonstration by the PARTNER and Opposites Attract studies that people with HIV who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and have fully-suppressed viral loads cannot transmit HIV sexually has revolutionised HIV prevention, especially in conjunction with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV-negative people. This briefing paper describes the scientific evidence for the efficacy of treatment as …

April 22, 2020

Harvard Health: U=U: Ending stigma and empowering people living with HIV

“Today, about 1.1 million people in the US are living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). Every year, almost 40,000 people are diagnosed with HIV. A diagnosis of HIV was once presumed to be fatal, and many lived in fear of transmitting the virus to others. This contributed to decades of stigma for those living with HIV. U=U means “undetectable …

March 10, 2020

nam Aidsmap: HIV incidence fell by three-quarters in Australian gay men, with strong association with treatment as prevention

“HIV treatment as prevention, as measured in community-level viral suppression, was strongly associated with a large drop in the number of new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men in Australia, even before PrEP was available. This study was presented by Dr Denton Callander from the University of New South Wales yesterday at the Conference on …

February 21, 2020

Joint Statement from the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, UNAIDS, and World Health Organization on U=U.

Bangkok, Thailand, 21 February 2020: “The Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, UNAIDS and WHO endorse Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U). As published in UNAIDS explainer Undetectable = Untransmittable, Public Health and HIV Viral Load Suppression, U=U means that people living with HIV who achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load, cannot transmit HIV sexually. This concept …

February 19, 2020

APCOM and Prevention Access Campaign: Thailand: U=U is Game-Changing Fact that Must Be Shared

We represent APCOM Foundation and Prevention Access Campaign, international NGOs working in partnership to bring a regional discussion on U=U to Asia. We are saddened by the recent hostilities in Thailand toward HIV advocates and doctors who communicated the most important fact since the beginning of antiretroviral therapy: A person with HIV who is on …

January 27, 2020

Plus Magazine: How Bruce Richman and a Team of U=U Ambassadors Are Changing Everything

“Bruce Richman, the renowned activist and founder of the Prevention Access Campaign, the organization that launched the undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U) message, is on a return flight from Greece where he joined local advocates in sharing the news that when you’re living with HIV, on meds, and undetectable, it is impossible to transmit the virus …

Latest News

ViiV Positive Perspectives 2 Study Shows Importance of HCPs Telling Patients About U=U

Prevention Access Campaign, USA stands with Black Lives: Statement from PAC’s Board of Directors committing to action and solidarity

HIV Prevention England: HIV Treatment as Prevention Briefing Paper

Harvard Health: U=U: Ending stigma and empowering people living with HIV

nam Aidsmap: HIV incidence fell by three-quarters in Australian gay men, with strong association with treatment as prevention

Joint Statement from the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, UNAIDS, and World Health Organization on U=U.

APCOM and Prevention Access Campaign: Thailand: U=U is Game-Changing Fact that Must Be Shared

Plus Magazine: How Bruce Richman and a Team of U=U Ambassadors Are Changing Everything