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Social, economic, legal and political issues that may affect the lives of people living with HIV, including stigma, discrimination, criminalisation, travel and insurance.

Exposure to HIV through medical procedures

Penrose Inquiry: The key questions over contaminated blood

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BBC
26 March 2015
Telling people you have HIV

HIV Status Disclosure and Ripping the Band-Aid Off Quick

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The Body
24 March 2015
People & personal stories

Living with HIV: six very different stories

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The Guardian
24 March 2015
Human rights

S.Africa HIV-positive women forced to sterilise: rights groups

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Yahoo News
20 March 2015
Combatting stigma

“An unspoken world of unspoken things”: a study identifying and exploring core beliefs underlying self-stigma among people living with HIV and AIDS in Ireland

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Swiss Medical Weekly
18 March 2015
Transgender people

Misogyny in Fag Space: How to Have a Dick Without Being a Dick

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Beta Blog
18 March 2015
Discrimination & the law

Thai junta may pass law banning men who have sex with men from monkhood

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Prachatai. org
11 March 2015
History of HIV & AIDS

Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Who Held the First AIDS Mass, Dies at 91

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Poz magazine news
10 March 2015
Combatting stigma

HIV & AIDS in the news: A guide for reporting in a new era of prevention & treatment

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GLAAD
6 March 2015
People who inject drugs

Here's One Simple Way We Can Change The Conversation About Drug Abuse

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Huffington Post
5 March 2015
Discrimination & the law

Emirati man with HIV held for more than a decade at health facility

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The National
4 March 2015
History of HIV & AIDS

Two Strains of HIV Cut Vastly Different Paths

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New York Times
3 March 2015
History of HIV & AIDS

Gorilla origins of the last two HIV-1 lineages confirmed

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Eurekalert Inf Dis
3 March 2015
HIV & criminal law

Should An HIV-Positive Body Be Considered a Deadly Weapon?

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Bloomberg
2 March 2015
The search for a cure

Doctor who cured ‘Berlin patient’ of HIV: ‘We knew we were doing something very special’

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Fred Hutch News
2 March 2015
PrEP

PrEP: So Effective, It's Unheard Of

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The Body.com
27 February 2015
Sex workers

HIV stigma drives sex work in Northern Kenya

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Key Correspondents
27 February 2015
Behaviour change interventions

What We Know About HIV Transmission Should Influence PrEP Messaging

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The Body
26 February 2015
PrEP

HIV and LGTB NGOs and other concerned actors across Europe call for futher action on pre-exposure prophylaxis

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EATG
25 February 2015
HIV & criminal law

New York Court: Not Disclosing HIV Before Sex Is a Misdemeanor, Not a Felony

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New York Times
23 February 2015
HIV & criminal law

We need to rethink the relationship between forensic science and the law

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The Conversation
21 February 2015
Tuberculosis & HIV

Fighting tuberculosis in the European region requires urgent support. Take action today!

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TB Europe Coalition
18 February 2015
Condoms & lubricant

The $755 Condom Pack Is the Latest Indignity in Venezuela

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Bloomberg
10 February 2015
Clinical trials

Failed Trial in Africa Raises Questions About How to Test HIV Drugs

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New York Times
5 February 2015