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November 7, 2017

Science Battles Politics in Growing State-by-state Debate over HIV Felony Charges

“It’s not easy to get people to agree with science,” said Bruce Richman, executive director at the Prevention Access Campaign, an organization that seeks to provide the public with accurate information about HIV exposure. “It conflicts with their long, deeply held beliefs about transmission risks.” HIV activist Professor Carrie Foote, a founding member of Prevention …

November 2, 2017

U=U Taking Off in 2017

From The Lancet : “The fact that HIV treatment has advanced to the point that people infected with HIV can live full-length, healthy lives with zero chance of sexually transmitting the virus to others as long as they are on effective ART is a huge success. Although evidence for this fact has been growing since 2000, it …

November 1, 2017

U=U Unites with ITPC to Improve the Lives of People Living with HIV

“The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) announced today a groundbreaking partnership that will amplify the Undetectable=Untransmittable (U=U) message among communities of people living with HIV worldwide.” “The collaboration builds on the work of both organizations and will equip activists across the globe to integrate U=U into their on-going advocacy efforts to improve …

October 26, 2017

LILA Launches the First U=U Campaign in Italy

Today at the European AIDS Conference, LILA launched “We Can” the first nationwide U=U campaign in Italy. “The goal of ‘We Can’ is to introduce the extraordinary effects of ART to keep the viral load below the level of detection which improves the health and quality of life of people with HIV and prevents HIV transmission to …

October 25, 2017

ACT UP Dublin Launches U=U Video Series

Today, the team from ACT UP Dublin, Ireland, launched “Love & Suppression” the first of a series of short documentaries that authentically portray what U=U means to people living with HIV. The first video features Robbie Lawlor and his partner Maurice Leahy. ACT UP Dublin has been an active U=U community partner since the earliest days of …

October 24, 2017

Armenia Joins the #UequalsU Campaign

“We are very happy to join this international campaign. Within the frameworks of the campaign, we have already scheduled few TV performances, we are currently in talks with universities because we want to teach students about the latest HIV and AIDS research, and we will also send SMS messages all over Armenia, because we want …

October 23, 2017

Minnesota Department of Health Joins the U=U Campaign

“The Minnesota Department of Health has joined several other state health departments and a host of national organizations in supporting the international HIV prevention campaign, Undetectable = Untransmittable, also known as U=U.” “Public awareness of the fact that U=U can decrease HIV stigma, improve the quality and length of life for people living with HIV …

October 21, 2017

Fighting Stigma with U=U in Burundi

Eliane Becks Nininahazwe’s update on teaching U=U to Batwa, indigenous people in her home of Burundi: “These people were not aware of U=U Undetectable =Untransmittable and their doctor never gave them the information.” “They were relieved.One woman said that she has been carrying the fear for so long. We talked about STIGMA in their community. …

Latest News

Science Battles Politics in Growing State-by-state Debate over HIV Felony Charges

U=U Taking Off in 2017

U=U Unites with ITPC to Improve the Lives of People Living with HIV

LILA Launches the First U=U Campaign in Italy

ACT UP Dublin Launches U=U Video Series

Armenia Joins the #UequalsU Campaign

Minnesota Department of Health Joins the U=U Campaign

Fighting Stigma with U=U in Burundi