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News and information about HIV in African communities in the United Kingdom, Europe and North America. Due to the high prevalence of HIV in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, diaspora communities in the global north are also disproportionately affected by HIV.

Migrants, refugees & displaced people

Across western Europe, migrants from all parts of the world start HIV treatment later

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13 February 2017
Self-testing & home testing

Self-sampling for HIV testing popular with gay men who have not recently tested, but less uptake by African people

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15 November 2016
Global health targets

Promising trends continue in UK diagnosis and treatment rates

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7 October 2016
Violence

Strong association between sexual violence and African women acquiring HIV in Europe

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19 July 2016
African migrants

Sub-type C infection does not increase the risk of virologic failure when people are taking tenofovir-containing first-line ART

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8 June 2016
Behaviour change interventions

Online privacy concerns limit the reach of sexual health messages on social media

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25 April 2016
Adherence

African women in London with poor adherence feel that HIV treatment is difficult and unrelenting

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4 April 2016
Economic & social inequality

For African migrants in Europe, destitution shapes sexual behaviour and HIV risk

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1 December 2015
Epidemiology & behaviour

UK’s latest HIV figures show the need to scale up HIV testing and prevention

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19 November 2015
Women

Women living with HIV in the UK continue to have poorer treatment outcomes

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13 November 2015
Migrants, refugees & displaced people

The majority of migrants living with HIV in Europe may have acquired HIV in their new country

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23 October 2015
PrEP programmes & uptake

Open-label PrEP in Botswana: very high adherence and no HIV infections seen

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5 August 2015
Migrants, refugees & displaced people

Half of African migrants diagnosed with HIV in France acquired HIV while living there

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23 July 2015
Migrants, refugees & displaced people

Four in ten people diagnosed with HIV in Europe are migrants

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24 June 2015
Epidemiology & behaviour

HIV in the UK: 76% diagnosed, 90% on treatment, 90% undetectable

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19 November 2014
HIV testing programmes & uptake

HIV testing rates are improving in African people in England

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8 September 2014
HIV prevention policy

HIV prevention for black African people in the UK is under-resourced and needs to be scaled up

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12 August 2014
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Substantial proportion of male HIV infections labelled as 'heterosexual exposure' in UK probably due to sex with other men

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10 July 2014
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Annual HIV tests for high-risk groups and one-off screening for all others could have a big impact on UK's HIV epidemic

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9 May 2014
People & personal stories

Surviving, thriving and supporting others, by Winnie Ssanyu-Sseruma

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9 December 2013
Epidemiology & behaviour

Largest ever number of HIV diagnoses in UK gay men – due to increased testing and new infections

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21 November 2013
UK health services

Small fall in new HIV diagnoses in London, but rate of new diagnoses among gay men continues to increase

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24 May 2013
Infant feeding

For African women in the UK, formula feeding has a high social and personal cost

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23 April 2013
Adherence

Some barriers to adherence for black African people in London are culturally specific

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23 April 2013