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May 3, 2017

People in Authority Misled My Husband About His HIV Risk; Now We’re Divorced

Health educator and U=U advocate Alleen King-Carter talks about the impact that HIV stigma and lack of awareness of U=U had on her marriage, “Now, I’m not so delusional as to think that the only reason my marriage ended was that his support team did not understand U=U is scientific and the truth. But, I can …

April 23, 2017

NY END AIDS 2020 Endorses U=U at Dance Party to End HIV Stigma

Housing Works and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene hosted a dance party at the AIDS Memorial to support the “Undetectable = Untransmittable” (U=U) campaign and to celebrate the public release of the End AIDS NY 2020 Community Coalition’s Statement on Viral Load Suppression which was endorsed by 80 NY organizations. The Coalition also signed …

April 20, 2017

The Well Project Endorses “Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U)”

“We see U=U as the most hopeful of campaigns, one that can have a profound effect on our efforts to dramatically change the narrative and course of the HIV epidemic. On a personal level, we believe U=U will decrease self-stigma among people living with HIV, leading to increased self-esteem, engagement in care, and overall quality …

March 23, 2017

Did you know if you have HIV and are taking effective medication, you can’t pass it on?

“I’ve asked tens of friends this question and whatever their background or sexual preference, 9 times out of 10 I can predict the reaction: ‘You’re kidding right..?’ Futuristic as it sounds, this concept is true and it’s something that everyone needs to know about. The concept’s been coined Undetectable = Untransmittable or ‘U=U’. Alongside other prevention …

March 17, 2017

Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Joins the U=U Campaign

“Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF) strongly endorses the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) core message: Undetectable HIV is Untransmittable HIV (U=U). An HIV-positive person who maintains an undetectable viral load with the aid of regular, successful treatment cannot transmit HIV sexually. This knowledge has the potential to alter negative perceptions around the disease, yet the message still hasn’t …

March 16, 2017

APLA Health Joins With More Than 100 Organizations to Affirm That “Undetectable = Untransmittable”

“Research demonstrating that people living with HIV who are virally suppressed cannot transmit HIV to others is one of the most important developments in HIV prevention in the last decade,” APLA Health Chief Executive Officer Craig E. Thompson says. “We now know that antiretroviral therapy not only improves the health of individuals living with HIV, …

March 7, 2017

AIDS United Affirms Evidence that Proves People Living with HIV with a Sustained, Undetectable Viral Load Cannot Transmit HIV to Sexual Partners

“AIDS United Joins Prevention Access Campaign’s Consensus Statement and Issues Implementation Recommendations” “This is a landmark development in the response to HIV and too many people are not hearing this message and receiving its full benefit,” said AIDS United President & CEO Jesse Milan, Jr. “A person living with HIV with a sustained suppressed viral load …

February 28, 2017

Public Health Experts Affirm Virally Suppressed People Living With HIV Do Not Transmit the Virus

“Until now, there hasn’t been anyone ensuring this life-changing information is communicated clearly and meaningfully to people living with HIV,” said Bruce Richman, Executive Director of Prevention Access Campaign and the Undetectable = Untransmittable initiative. “NASTAD was the first non-profit to endorse the Prevention Access Campaign’s Consensus Statement last year representing a bold step toward sharing a message …

Latest News

People in Authority Misled My Husband About His HIV Risk; Now We’re Divorced

NY END AIDS 2020 Endorses U=U at Dance Party to End HIV Stigma

The Well Project Endorses “Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U)”

Did you know if you have HIV and are taking effective medication, you can’t pass it on?

Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Joins the U=U Campaign

APLA Health Joins With More Than 100 Organizations to Affirm That “Undetectable = Untransmittable”

AIDS United Affirms Evidence that Proves People Living with HIV with a Sustained, Undetectable Viral Load Cannot Transmit HIV to Sexual Partners

Public Health Experts Affirm Virally Suppressed People Living With HIV Do Not Transmit the Virus