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June 17, 2021

Undetectable = Untransmittable Endorsed by United Nations

Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) commends the United Nations (UN) for endorsing Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) in a political declaration adopted at the High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (June 8-10, 2021). This is a significant milestone toward improving the lives of people with HIV and ending the HIV epidemic. U=U means that people living with HIV who …

June 2, 2021

TODAY Show: 40 years since first AIDS cases, men living with HIV share their perspectives

Since June 1981, AIDS has claimed more than 700,000 lives in the U.S. and today more than 1.1 million people in America are living with HIV. As TODAY kicks off its observance of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, men living with HIV share their perspectives with NBC New Now anchor Joe Fryer. Watch the clip featuring PAC …

May 24, 2021

USA: Study confirms disparity in HIV viral suppression (U=U) among Blacks and Whites more likely due to structural injustices like homelessness, health insurance and income

Study published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society confirms that disparities in Black and white PLHIV persists across the U.S. most likelydue to structural factors such as poverty and homelessness

February 19, 2021

“To end HIV epidemic, we must address health disparities”

Following the release of the HIV National Strategic Plan and marking two years since the launch of the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE)—a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative to reduce new HIV transmissions by at least 90% by 2030—researchers, advocates, and other stakeholders reported on the HIV epidemic response in The Lancet HIV …

January 13, 2021

PAC Welcomes U=U Ambassadors

The Prevention Access Campaign is thrilled to welcome U=U Ambassadors, a group of U.S.-based leading advocates, activists and healthcare professionals who have played important roles in building the Undetectable = Untransmittable movement. Undetectable = Untransmittable is a global community-led movement to share the revolutionary but still widely unknown fact that a person living with HIV …

December 21, 2020

US HIV infections could drop by 94% before 2030, if treatment is prioritised

Modelling estimates suggest that new HIV infections in the US could be reduced by as much as 94% before 2030, if the current HIV prevention budget is spent more efficiently. Priorities would be linking those diagnosed with HIV to care, ensuring that they receive treatment and getting them to the point of viral suppression. Less …

December 9, 2020

DC Ends HIV adds U=U as Key Strategy

As a part of Washington, D.C.’s plan to End HIV, D.C. Health has added U=U as a key strategy. “DC Health will assess both individuals and providers to a get a sense of the acceptability of U=U as well as Rapid ART initiation. With new insight on acceptability, DC Health can redesign and relaunch the …

December 9, 2020

U=U encourages men in South Africa to test for HIV

As men in sub-Saharan Africa test for HIV less often than women, a team led by Dr Philip Smith of University of Cape Town, South Africa, wanted to know if men would be encouraged to test more when they knew about the U=U message. The team found that when peer promoters told men that an …

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Undetectable = Untransmittable Endorsed by United Nations

TODAY Show: 40 years since first AIDS cases, men living with HIV share their perspectives

USA: Study confirms disparity in HIV viral suppression (U=U) among Blacks and Whites more likely due to structural injustices like homelessness, health insurance and income

“To end HIV epidemic, we must address health disparities”

PAC Welcomes U=U Ambassadors

US HIV infections could drop by 94% before 2030, if treatment is prioritised

DC Ends HIV adds U=U as Key Strategy

U=U encourages men in South Africa to test for HIV