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July 6, 2017

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Murray Penner on U=U

“Undetectable equals untransmittable. It’s a short phrase that HIV researchers and prevention experts believe represents one of the biggest steps we’ve ever seen toward eradicating HIV.” “The scientific consensus behind “U=U” means people living with HIV who respond to antiretroviral medication and achieve an “undetectable” status do not sexually transmit the virus.” Hear more from NASTAD executive director Murray Penner …

June 29, 2017

I Am Not A Risk. I’m Healthy, Happily Married And I Cannot Pass On HIV

A insightful and powerful article by Ian Green, CEO of the pioneering Terrence Higgins Trust which is the second largest AIDS organizations in Europe a U=U Community Partner and the world’s leader in communicating the groundbreaking news. Ian says, “We need to completely reset the way we think about HIV as a society.” “My doctor …

June 27, 2017

Washington, D.C. Department of Health Joins the U=U Campaign!

At a press conference today held at community partner Whitman Walker Health in D.C., Mayor Bowser “joined community members and District health experts in supporting a consensus statement around an evidence-based approach to interrupting HIV transmission called ‘treatment as prevention.’ To support the approach, the District will participate in the online campaign #UequalsU, which stands for ‘undetectable …

June 12, 2017

U=U: The Evidence Is In

What Does U=U Mean to You? “I spent 21 years stigmatizing myself while trying to provide a positive front in my work with people living with HIV. I feel somewhat hypocritical because while fighting against stigma and discrimination, I perceived HIV as making me damaged goods, dirty and less than. I lived in fear of …

June 6, 2017

U=U and the overly-broad criminalization of HIV nondisclosure

As advocates for persons living with HIV await action from federal, provincial and territorial governments to address the overly-broad criminalization of HIV non-disclosure, how might the U=U campaign and the results of the PARTNER study impact ongoing prosecutions under the current state of the law? CATIE takes a look at U=U in the context of criminal law …

May 25, 2017

Shared Excitement, Relief and Joy at AIDS Watch 2017 That Undetectable = Untransmittable

A moving and inspiring piece from Claire Gasamagera, a visionary member of the U=U Steering Committee member, motivational speaker, educator and community activist:”For a long time in the history of HIV and AIDS, information was kept a mystery from people living with HIV, and it perpetuated stigma, discrimination and criminalization. If we knew sooner as …

May 22, 2017

HIV Undetectable: Semen is Not A Risk, Expert Debunks Researcher

Josh Robbins contacts Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to put to bed the enduring and stigmatizing fallacy that HIV genetic material in semen is a cause for alarm. “This study found HIV genetic material in the semen of men living with HIV who are …

May 12, 2017

The Hidden Epidemic: Fighting the Stigma of HIV/AIDS in Rural America

Kathier Hiers, CEO of AIDS Alabama, describes the U=U session at AIDSWatch 2017 in this powerful piece about HIV stigma: ‘I went to something that really choked me up,’ Hiers said. ‘It’s a new wave of what’s coming.’ The presentation was called ‘Undetectable = Untransmittable,’ and featured discussion of three major studies that have shown that HIV-positive people …

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Dr. Anthony Fauci and Murray Penner on U=U

I Am Not A Risk. I’m Healthy, Happily Married And I Cannot Pass On HIV

Washington, D.C. Department of Health Joins the U=U Campaign!

U=U: The Evidence Is In

U=U and the overly-broad criminalization of HIV nondisclosure

Shared Excitement, Relief and Joy at AIDS Watch 2017 That Undetectable = Untransmittable

HIV Undetectable: Semen is Not A Risk, Expert Debunks Researcher

The Hidden Epidemic: Fighting the Stigma of HIV/AIDS in Rural America