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February 18, 2019

Viral Load Does Not Equal Value: Ensuring health equity for all people living with HIV

In 2018, I was invited by writer, blogger and HIV advocate Mark S. King to co-facilitate a discussion at the United States Conference on AIDS related to Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U). Titled “Are We Shaming Those Who Are Detectable?” the workshop examined the struggles and barriers around treatment and care for people living with HIV. …

February 17, 2019

An important moment in the HIV epidemic: Lindsay Marcus (Opinion)

“While HIV — the human immunodeficiency virus — is still an incurable infectious disease, due to excellent treatments now available, people living with HIV/AIDS who maintain an undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV to their partners. U=U (Undetectable Equals Untransmittable) is an international campaign to promote this important, yet often unknown message. The Cuyahoga County …

February 13, 2019

The Lancet: Providers should discuss U=U with all patients living with HIV

“[The result of PARNTER 2] reinforces existing consensus by WHO and more than 750 other organisations worldwide that people whose HIV viral load is stably suppressed cannot sexually transmit the virus. With evidence supporting undetectable=untransmittable (U=U) now overwhelming, providers should be routinely communicating the message to all of their patients living with HIV. The benefits of …

February 7, 2019

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci: “Ending the HIV Epidemic A Plan for the United States”

“Clinical studies serve as the scientific basis for strategies to prevent HIV transmission/acquisition. In this regard, as reviewed in a recent Viewpoint in JAMA, large clinical studies have recently proven the concept of undetectable = untransmittable (U = U), which has broad public health implications for HIV prevention and treatment at both the individual and societal level. U = U means that individuals …

February 6, 2019

Navigating rules and reality: HIV disclosure, infectiousness and legal obligations in Sweden

“Despite generally positive relationships with HIV clinic staff, men living with HIV in Sweden report that when it comes to rules regarding disclosure and legal obligations, clinicians were not always clear with patients regarding the meaning of undetectability and whether or not they still needed to disclose or use condoms. Men often needed to seek …

January 29, 2019

TODAY Singapore Explainer: What you need to know about HIV

“There is no cure for HIV, but it can be treated with anti-retroviral therapy. The drugs, often known as combination therapies or the cocktail, suppress the replication of the virus and delay the spread of HIV in the body and the onset of opportunistic infections. While these drugs have side effects, successful combination therapy can …

January 29, 2019

Love Light Organization in Romania Joins U=U Campaign

“Asociatia Love Light Romania lucreaza in Romania cu persoane care sufera de HIV de mai mult de 18 ani. Inainte ca Love Light Romania sa inceapa sa lucreze in zona Medias, fondatorii Ron si Jo Jowett mergeau din Marea Britanie in Romania de doua ori pe an la o organizatie caritabila din Cernavoda numita Nightingales, …

January 22, 2019

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins writes blog post on U=U

“For almost four decades, researchers have worked tirelessly to find a cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS. There’s still more work to do, but a recent commentary published in JAMA by Anthony Fauci, director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and his colleagues serves as a reminder of just how …

Latest News

Viral Load Does Not Equal Value: Ensuring health equity for all people living with HIV

An important moment in the HIV epidemic: Lindsay Marcus (Opinion)

The Lancet: Providers should discuss U=U with all patients living with HIV

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci: “Ending the HIV Epidemic A Plan for the United States”

Navigating rules and reality: HIV disclosure, infectiousness and legal obligations in Sweden

TODAY Singapore Explainer: What you need to know about HIV

Love Light Organization in Romania Joins U=U Campaign

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins writes blog post on U=U