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August 7, 2019

Healthline: “How Living with HIV Changed After Learning He Was ‘Undetectable’

“Millions of people weren’t being told about [Undetectable = Untransmittable]. [Bruce] Richman felt he had the resources to find a way for it to be delivered to them. He left his full-time job in 2015 and started pursuing the help of leading HIV researchers. By July 2016, the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) was formed. Central to Richman’s …

July 25, 2019

POZ Magazine: What a U=U Leader Thinks About the CDC’s Updated Data on HIV Risk

“For persons [living with HIV] who achieve and maintain viral suppression, there is effectively no riskof transmitting HIV to their HIV-negative sexual partner. This translates to an effectiveness estimate of 100%.” That’s how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the federal agency tasked with overseeing our nation’s health, now describes the effectiveness of what’s …

July 22, 2019

POZ Magazine: Here’s How Much the U=U Movement Has Grown in Three Years

“Since the U=U initiative launched three years ago this month, 886 groups spanning nearly 100 countries have joined the fast-growing movement. On the anniversary, the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC), which founded U=U, issued a call to action to global HIV stakeholders, asking them to make four specific commitments that will further promote U=U, fight HIV …

July 21, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: U=U Movement Marks Three-Year Milestone with Unprecedented Community-led Global Impact

“Today Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) announced 886 organizations from nearly 100 countries have joined the rapidly growing Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) movement. The initiative advocates for the worldwide dissemination of the groundbreaking but still widely unknown fact: a person living with HIV who is on treatment and has an undetectable viral load cannot sexually transmit …

July 20, 2019

L.A. County health officials team up with CDC as part of effort to stop spread of HIV

“Robert R. Redfield, MD, the Director of the CDC stated, “15 percent of people living with HIV infection haven’t been diagnosed.” “The goal is reduce the U.S. infections by 75 percent in the next five years, and 90 percent by 2030,” added Dr. Muntu Davis, MPH, the L.A County Health Officer. Dr. Refield continued, “The …

June 25, 2019

U=U Campaign Launched in Zambia’s Western Province, an Initiative towards elimination of HIV transmission

The Government of Zambia, through the Ministry of Health, with support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Western Province. This follows the National Launch of the Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) Campaign by Zambian President, H.E. Edgar Lungu on 8th May 2019. Speaking …

June 25, 2019

Bruce Richman recognized as #15 of New York’s 100 most powerful members of the LGBTQ community

15. Bruce Richman Founding Executive Director Prevention Access Campaign One of New York’s leading activists fighting stigma against people with HIV/AIDS, Bruce Richman launched the “Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)” campaign to dispel the myth that HIV-positive people with viral loads at undetectable levels can pass on the disease. “It’s about helping people understand the science …

June 19, 2019

UNAIDS: China marks International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day with U=U

“The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, coordinated by the Global Network of People Living with HIV, is one of the world’s oldest and largest grassroots mobilization campaigns for HIV awareness in the world. In May, the UNAIDS country office in China invited members of community-based organizations to lead a commemorative event to mark the 36th International …

Latest News

Healthline: “How Living with HIV Changed After Learning He Was ‘Undetectable’

POZ Magazine: What a U=U Leader Thinks About the CDC’s Updated Data on HIV Risk

POZ Magazine: Here’s How Much the U=U Movement Has Grown in Three Years

PRESS RELEASE: U=U Movement Marks Three-Year Milestone with Unprecedented Community-led Global Impact

L.A. County health officials team up with CDC as part of effort to stop spread of HIV

U=U Campaign Launched in Zambia’s Western Province, an Initiative towards elimination of HIV transmission

Bruce Richman recognized as #15 of New York’s 100 most powerful members of the LGBTQ community

UNAIDS: China marks International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day with U=U