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September 5, 2019

National Coalition of STD Directors Formally Endorses U=U

Washington, DC, September 5, 2019 – “Science has proven that a person with sustained, undetectable levels of HIV in their blood cannot transmit HIV to their sexual partners (undetectable = untransmittable or U=U). The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) celebrates this fact and we stand committed to raise awareness of U=U. It is on us, …

August 26, 2019

NY Times: Living With H.I.V. Isn’t a Crime. Why Is the United States Treating It Like One?

“Michael Johnson, a former college athlete convicted in 2015 of not disclosing his H.I.V.-positive status to sexual partners, was released on parole from a Missouri prison last month. Mr. Johnson, who is gay and black, had maintained his innocence, and there was no proof that he had transmitted the virus. And yet that didn’t seem to …

August 23, 2019

US News and World Report: Living With HIV

“Darriane Martin, manager of HIV prevention for AltaMed Health Services Corp. in Los Angeles, agrees that an HIV-positive diagnosis is a far different thing now than it was when the disease first emerged as a scary epidemic in the 1980s. “Nearly 40 years of research has revolutionized the HIV treatment and management landscape. Groundbreaking new …

August 22, 2019

GCN Ireland: ‘Stigma is killing people’: Prevention Access Campaign’s Bruce Richman on the necessity of sharing the U=U fact

“Three years ago, Prevention Access Campaign launched a campaign called Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U). Their founder and Executive Director, Bruce Richman, speaks here about his own journey into awareness and the absolute necessity to get the fact shared as widely as possible. U=U means that a person living with HIV who is on treatment and has an undetectable viral …

August 19, 2019

POZ Magazine: U=U 2.0 Prevention Access Campaign builds on its success with a new executive director of North America.

“Murray Penner is the executive director of North America for Prevention Access Campaign (PAC), which originated the Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U) message. U=U refers to the fact that people living with HIV on effective treatment cannot sexually transmit the virus. Since the launch of U=U, a groundswell of research has confirmed that having an undetectable …

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 …

Latest News

National Coalition of STD Directors Formally Endorses U=U

NY Times: Living With H.I.V. Isn’t a Crime. Why Is the United States Treating It Like One?

US News and World Report: Living With HIV

GCN Ireland: ‘Stigma is killing people’: Prevention Access Campaign’s Bruce Richman on the necessity of sharing the U=U fact

POZ Magazine: U=U 2.0 Prevention Access Campaign builds on its success with a new executive director of North America.

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