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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 …

February 9, 2017

NAM endorses Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U=U) consensus statement

“NAM aidsmap, one of the foremost sources of HIV information in the world, strongly endorses the ‘Undetectable Equals Untransmittable’ (U=U) Consensus Statement issued by the Prevention Access Campaign. NAM’s Executive Director, Matthew Hodson, says, ‘The scientific evidence is clear. Someone who has undetectable levels of virus in their blood does not pose an infection risk to …

January 27, 2017

What it’s Like to Date with HIV

Karen Fratti shares her honest and unapologetic story with journalist Mia Degraff, leveraging the platform of the world’s most read news site to educate about U=U, advocate access to treatment and care, and fight HIV stigma. Mia is also the first journalist to break the news in a mainstream publication that people with HIV on effective treatment do not transmit HIV, …

January 26, 2017

NYC Woman Pens Essay About What It’s Like to Date With HIV

Karen Fratti spreads her U=U message in US Weekly: “‘I am HIV positive, but it is undetectable.’ That means Fratti — who takes an antiretroviral drug every day— cannot transmit the virus.’ But as a single heterosexual woman, I have the added challenge when dating of convincing men, who are often just as naive as …

January 24, 2017

Three reasons why CATIE supports U=U for sexual transmission

“CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange) recently endorsed the Consensus Statement of the Prevention Access Campaign, celebrating the fact that “undetectable equals untransmittable.” This revolutionary statement, pushed forward by a dedicated group of people living with HIV, has prompted CATIE to reflect on our sexual HIV prevention messaging. The research on treatment as prevention has been slowly accumulating …

Latest News

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

NAM endorses Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U=U) consensus statement

What it’s Like to Date with HIV

NYC Woman Pens Essay About What It’s Like to Date With HIV

Three reasons why CATIE supports U=U for sexual transmission