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February 13, 2018

Love Positive Women: why a fulfilling sexual life with HIV matters

Allison Carter, Jessica Lynn Whitbread and Angela Kaida write about LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN (LPW), a project that uses social media to link local grassroots gestures of love. Using Valentine’s Day as a backdrop, LPW creates a platform for individuals and communities to engage in public and private acts of love and caring for women living with HIV. Going beyond …

February 11, 2018

AJ+ on Sex after HIV

Mariana is living with HIV, but doctors say she can’t transmit it to her husband. Here’s their story. Watch the video in Spanish with English subtitles here, and in Spanish here.

February 8, 2018

Pregnancy and infant feeding: Can we say U=U about the risk of passing HIV to an infant?

Camille Arkell answers the question: Can an undetectable viral load eliminate the risk of passing HIV to an infant? This article examines what we know about the risk of passing HIV through pregnancy, childbirth and infant feeding. Read more at CATIE.

February 2, 2018

U=U Front and Center at CATIE Forum

The CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network reports: “At CATIE’s Forum held in Toronto in November 2017, the community led campaign of U=U, or undetectable equals untransmittable, was presented to a large Canadian audience of community and front-line service providers. Bruce Richman, executive director of the Prevention Access Campaign, spoke about the U=U movement that has …

February 1, 2018

Trump must take action to help America fight against HIV/AIDS

David Furnish, Chairman of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, acknowledges the work of the U=U community in this strong opinion piece in The Hill: “The Centers for Disease Control, after months of tireless campaigning by activists, is helping to spread the truth that HIV positive individuals with an undetectable viral load cannot transmit the disease …

January 29, 2018

The Victory of U=U Must Be Shared Equally Among Us

Carlos Idibuou is an International HIV/AIDS advocate, GMT+ Representative of the Diaspora, member of the Steering Committee of the Key and Affected Population Paris Declaration, and global U=U spokesperson. He shares his journey w HIV stigma, liberation, disparities & #UequalsU as a Black African Queer man living w/HIV. “Some people were posting messages about Undetectable Equals Untransmittable. The science had confirmed …

January 29, 2018

MSM without HIV doubt ‘undetectable = untransmittable’

“In a recent survey, most HIV-negative men who have sex with men were doubtful that maintaining an undetectable viral load through treatment prevents transmission of the virus, whereas most who do have HIV held the opposite view. The survey was part of a study published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society.” “Researchers sought to …

January 29, 2018

CATIE Interviews Bruce Richman on U=U

This past November, CATIE welcomed 400 people involved in Canada’s response to HIV and hepatitis C to the CATIE Forum. To help disseminate the knowledge shared at the Forum, CATIE interviewed several of the Forum presenters. First up, Prevention Access Campaign’s Bruce Richman on #UequalsU- what it means, how it started, why it’s important, and his advice to providers. Watch …

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Love Positive Women: why a fulfilling sexual life with HIV matters

AJ+ on Sex after HIV

Pregnancy and infant feeding: Can we say U=U about the risk of passing HIV to an infant?

U=U Front and Center at CATIE Forum

Trump must take action to help America fight against HIV/AIDS

The Victory of U=U Must Be Shared Equally Among Us

MSM without HIV doubt ‘undetectable = untransmittable’

CATIE Interviews Bruce Richman on U=U