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March 12, 2019

CROI 2019: U=U is a human rights issue

“Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) is a human rights issue, Dr Carrie Foote told the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2019) in Seattle last week. “All people living with HIV have a right to accurate information about their social, sexual and reproductive health,” she said. Foote has been living with HIV since 1988, is one of …

March 11, 2019

United Nations Development Program: “HIV Clickbait or Cure?”

“Recently the world was shaken up by the news of a second patient being ‘cured’ of HIV. On the surface, at least, it was big news: a possible cure to one of the deadliest epidemics of the past century… This news represents a scientific breakthrough. Still, we should be careful not to give false hope …

March 7, 2019

Santa Clara Public Health Department campaign aims to raise HIV awareness

“The Santa Clara County Public Health Department and the Getting to Zero Santa Clara County-Silicon Valley initiative launched a campaign Thursday at the Valley Health Center that aims to reduce HIV stigma and increase education about HIV treatment. Called the Undetectable Equals Untransmittable campaign, or U=U, it will run from March to June throughout the …

February 26, 2019

BETA — New research: Awareness, perceived effectiveness of U=U and intermittent PrEP low among MSM in New York City

“Of the 639 men who responded to questions about the effectiveness of various HIV-prevention strategies, only 39% of participants correctly identified that having an undetectable viral load provided “a lot of protection” or “complete protection” from HIV transmission. More than half of men living with HIV (58%) perceived that having an undetectable viral load prevents HIV …

February 26, 2019

Poz Man Saved from Prison for Alleged Non-Disclosure

“Despite avoiding prison time and a permanent criminal record, many HIV activists argue that Johnson’s sentence is highly unjust, especially since he’s undetectable. The scientifically proven consensus, known as U=U (undetectable equals untransmittable), was key in swaying the court to give Johnson the lighter sentence. In fact, Johnson’s defense lawyer, Cheryl K. Maples, says she …

February 25, 2019

Times of Malta: “I am not a person with HIV. I am a person, fullstop”

“Not everyone with HIV can infect others, a fact most people are unaware of, says a young man who has tested positive for the virus. In the wake of fake news about HIV transmission which was shared by a Maltese MP, he tells Ramona Depares that the country is in urgent need of basic education to remove …

February 18, 2019

Forbes Africa: What does it mean to be HIV-undetectable or to have a suppressed viral load?

“On August 8, 2018, a day before Women’s Day in South Africa, 23-year-old Saidy Brown observed six years of being on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. We meet Brown in her hotel room in Benoni in the East Rand in the South African Province of Gauteng. She sits still, reflecting on her life after a long and busy …

February 18, 2019

POZ Cover Story: Understanding Undetectable Equals Untransmittable

“In 2018, in a packed hall at the biennial International AIDS Conference, the world’s largest HIV-related meeting, a tall, earnest man asked a question of Alison Rodger, MD, lead investigator of the PARTNER2 study. The study had delivered yet more unequivocal proof that people living with HIV who are on treatment and maintain an undetectable …

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CROI 2019: U=U is a human rights issue

United Nations Development Program: “HIV Clickbait or Cure?”

Santa Clara Public Health Department campaign aims to raise HIV awareness

BETA — New research: Awareness, perceived effectiveness of U=U and intermittent PrEP low among MSM in New York City

Poz Man Saved from Prison for Alleged Non-Disclosure

Times of Malta: “I am not a person with HIV. I am a person, fullstop”

Forbes Africa: What does it mean to be HIV-undetectable or to have a suppressed viral load?

POZ Cover Story: Understanding Undetectable Equals Untransmittable