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December 7, 2017

San Francisco’s Getting to Zero Hears U=U message

“Getting out the message that ‘undetectable equals untransmittable’ – or U=U – would encourage HIV-positive people to start and stay on treatment, as well as reducing stigma, according to a panel of people living with HIV and service providers.” “‘It is absolutely clear that treatment as prevention, or U=U, is working and is an incredibly sound …

December 3, 2017

Roscoe Boyd Speaks about U=U on CBS Evening News (US National TV)

U=U Founding Steering Committee member Roscoe Boyd talks about living with HIV and the U=U movement with CBS Evening News. This is the first time that the U=U science and movement was discussed on national television in the United States. See the episode on CBS.com

December 2, 2017

Executive Director Bruce Richman Speaks About U=U on CBC (Canadian National TV)

The founding Executive Director of Prevention Access Campaign’s Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) movement speaks to CBC national news in Canada about the campaign. Thank you to AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) one of the earliest and most active U=U campaign partners, for setting up the interview. See the news segment at CBC.

December 1, 2017

U=U Activist Andrew Tan Speaks Out in Malaysia

U=U activist Andrew Tan helps counsel PLHIV, aside from giving lectures to various stakeholders to address the stigma and discrimination that surrounds the disease. He never thought stigma and discrimination would still be an issue 30 years on. “They want to create a demonic visual of PLHIV and LGBT by approaching issues from a moralistic point …

December 1, 2017

U=U in South Africa

“We finally have enough credible scientific evidence from several strong studies to convince us beyond any reasonable doubt: effective treatment and viral load suppression prevent HIV transmission.” “Globally, this concept has become known as ‘Undetectable equals untransmittable’ or U=U.” “The South African health department has already followed the science and guidelines now advise regular HIV testing and allow people to start …

December 1, 2017

Canada’s Top Doctors Say Undetectable = Untransmittable

“It’s official! The Government of Canada supports U=U, the consensus statement that a person living with HIV does not transmit the virus sexually if they take treatment and maintain an undetectable viral load (“undetectable = untransmittable”). The news came on November 30 in a joint statement from Canada’s chief public health officer and the chief medical officers …

December 1, 2017

Positive Lite Names 2017 as The Year Of U=U

“It has been a year of personal transformations. It has been a year of great news for many of us and a challenge for others. It has been a year when a community movement blossomed. It has been a year where people living with HIV led rather than followed. It has been a year where …

December 1, 2017

Victoria Joins U=U as First State in Australia

“Victoria is the first Australian state to endorse an international statement that people living with HIV on effective treatment cannot transmit the virus.” “While opening the event in Victoria this morning, Minister for Health Jill Hennessy said the Andrews Labor Government’s backing of the Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U) Consensus Statement was backed by action and funding …

Latest News

San Francisco’s Getting to Zero Hears U=U message

Roscoe Boyd Speaks about U=U on CBS Evening News (US National TV)

Executive Director Bruce Richman Speaks About U=U on CBC (Canadian National TV)

U=U Activist Andrew Tan Speaks Out in Malaysia

U=U in South Africa

Canada’s Top Doctors Say Undetectable = Untransmittable

Positive Lite Names 2017 as The Year Of U=U

Victoria Joins U=U as First State in Australia