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October 7, 2016

HIV Undetectable Does Equal Uninfectious: The Swiss Statement and the Vindication of Pietro Vernazza

A fascinating account of the history and science behind Prevention Access Campaign’s Founding Task Force Member Professor Pietro Vernazza’s pioneering work and the Campaigns strategies to vindicate it: “The signers of [Prevention Access Campaign’s] statement? Leading public health officials in New York City, Australia and Canada, but also Myron Cohen from UNC, Jens Lundgren at the University of Copenhagen …

September 26, 2016

When Undetectable…

“The consensus is important to cut through the confusion and inaccuracies about the extent to which an undetectable viral load prevents transmission,” says Richman, adding that education isn’t the only goal. “To end HIV stigma and stop new transmissions,” he says, “we need to stop perpetuating fear of people with HIV, and we need to …

September 26, 2016

#Undetectable – A Peak at Some of the Buzz

On social media, individuals and organizations spread the good news that undetectable equals untransmittable. Check out the story in POZ.com

September 18, 2016

Noël Gordon of Human Rights Campaign at the USCA 2016 Closing Plenary

Noël Gordon speaks at the closing plenary at the USCA 2016 about how we are failing people with HIV by not clearly communicating the message that transmission STOPS at treatment. “We know that treatment as prevention has the power to avert many more transmissions than PrEP or condoms alone yet I can’t think of a …

September 18, 2016

Dr. Richard Wolitski of Health & Human Services at the USCA Closing Plenary

Dr. Richard Wolitski (Acting Director, Office for HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy at Department of Health and Human Services) receives a standing ovation at USCA 2016 for his impassioned and personal speech about the significance of viral suppression at this defining moment in the history of the epidemic. Dr. Wolitski acknowledges Bruce Richman and Prevention …

September 15, 2016

NASTAD JOINS GLOBAL HIV EXPERTS: PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ON EFFECTIVE TREATMENT CANNOT TRANSMIT HIV

“At the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) this week, NASTAD (National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors) announced its commitment to communicating one of the most ground-breaking developments in the last two decades of the epidemic: people living with HIV on effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) cannot transmit HIV. The announcement, as a sign-on …

September 6, 2016

Negligible Risk: Updated results from two studies continue to show that antiretroviral treatment and an undetectable viral load is a highly effective HIV prevention strategy

Canada’s HIV information research source confirms the “consensus on the risk of sexual transmission of HIV when the viral load is undetectable: Based on the cumulative evidence to date, community members and leading researchers have endorsed the following Prevention Access Campaign statement.” Read the CATIE article for the full story.

September 2, 2016

WHY SOME ORGANIZATIONS ARE SLOW TO ADOPT THE UNDETECTABLE=UNINFECTIOUS MESSAGE

UNDETECTABLE = UNINFECTIOUS so why are some organizations and educators so slow to disseminate the facts? From Terrence Higgins Trust in the UK, Megan Deputter delivers a penetrating analysis. “Lately on PositiveLite.com there has been quite a bit of buzz about the PARTNER study – not only about its fantastic findings, but also about the …

Latest News

HIV Undetectable Does Equal Uninfectious: The Swiss Statement and the Vindication of Pietro Vernazza

When Undetectable…

#Undetectable – A Peak at Some of the Buzz

Noël Gordon of Human Rights Campaign at the USCA 2016 Closing Plenary

Dr. Richard Wolitski of Health & Human Services at the USCA Closing Plenary

NASTAD JOINS GLOBAL HIV EXPERTS: PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ON EFFECTIVE TREATMENT CANNOT TRANSMIT HIV

Negligible Risk: Updated results from two studies continue to show that antiretroviral treatment and an undetectable viral load is a highly effective HIV prevention strategy

WHY SOME ORGANIZATIONS ARE SLOW TO ADOPT THE UNDETECTABLE=UNINFECTIOUS MESSAGE