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December 12, 2018

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS: “New Initative Fights Stigma, Encourages Awareness and Testing”

“U=U is a groundbreaking initiative,” Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS Executive Director Tom Viola said. “By being tested, getting into treatment and having an undetectable viral load, we have the potential to stop the transmission of HIV. The success of the U=U campaign coupled with access to PrEP is based on the best scientific evidence. …

December 12, 2018

Canada becomes first country to sign on to U=U Campaign

“Today, to recognize World AIDS Day, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, officially endorsed the Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) campaign that promotes new scientific evidence that indicates that when an individual is being treated for HIV and maintains a suppressed viral load, there is effectively no risk of sexual transmission. Canada is the first government …

December 4, 2018

Miss Universe Việt Nam H’Hen Nie Supports U=U

“Miss Universe Việt Nam H’Hen Nie has called for reducing stigma and discrimination against HIV patients at the Miss Universe 2018 contest that is now being held in Bangkok. H’Hen Nie is participating in the United Nations’ Global Campaign on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as part of the effort to create “a red ribbon wave” at this …

December 4, 2018

Australian Minister for Health includes U=U in National Strategy to Address HIV

Australian Minister for Health, the Honourable Greg Hunt MP, has as of World AIDS Day 2018 included the U=U message in the national strategies to address HIV, STI and Blood Borne Viruses The reference to U=U now exists in two of the five national strategies recently released, the Eighth National HIV Strategy and the Fifth National Aboriginal and …

December 3, 2018

New York State Launches New U=U Campaign

“U=U began in 2016 when a Consensus Statement was drafted by people living with HIV and global experts in public health to address the confusion around undetectable viral load and HIV transmission. Thus was born the Prevention Access Campaign and Undetectable = Untransmittable which has been embraced globally to share its message that people living …

December 3, 2018

Baltimore City Launches Maryland U=U Campaign

“Led by the State of Maryland and the Baltimore City Health Department in conjunction with its partners, the U=U Maryland Campaign aims to eliminate the stigma of living with HIV through education, empowerment, and engagement… It is important that people living with HIV, their sexual partners, healthcare providers and the criminal justice system have accurate …

December 1, 2018

Undetectable HIV+ people pose ‘zero’ not ‘minimal’ risk, says HIV charity

BHIVA, the British HIV Association, is urging people to stop talking about ‘minimal risk’ and ‘negligible risk’ when talking about Undetectable = Untransmittable. It says such terms can confuse people. It says health care providers and media should say ‘zero risk’, i.e. When someone is HIV positive and has an undetectable viral load, they have zero risk …

November 30, 2018

Pact marks 30th annual World AIDS Day by joining Undetectable = Untransmittable movement

“Tom La Salvia, Pact’s Global Director of Health, noted that “UNAIDS is marking the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day by promoting the theme of ‘Know Your Status.’ Pact is committed to controlling the epidemic through every available tool. Among these is motivating everyone to get tested for HIV, and if positive, start treatment immediately …

Latest News

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS: “New Initative Fights Stigma, Encourages Awareness and Testing”

Canada becomes first country to sign on to U=U Campaign

Miss Universe Việt Nam H’Hen Nie Supports U=U

Australian Minister for Health includes U=U in National Strategy to Address HIV

New York State Launches New U=U Campaign

Baltimore City Launches Maryland U=U Campaign

Undetectable HIV+ people pose ‘zero’ not ‘minimal’ risk, says HIV charity

Pact marks 30th annual World AIDS Day by joining Undetectable = Untransmittable movement