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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.

Drug policy & policing

Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal

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Forbes Magazine
31 October 2012
PrEP

French National HIV Research Agency decides to continue its Ipergay trial and creates a new working group on HIV prevention

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ANRS
31 October 2012
Nutrition

South Africa: Surviving On an Empty Stomach

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AllAfrica
31 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Think Having HIV Is Not a Crime? Think Again

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Huffington Post
30 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

HIV non-disclosure and criminal law: Implications of recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions for people living with HIV

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Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
30 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Accused was looking for love, not trying to kill sex partners with HIV, court hears

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Ottawa Citizen
30 October 2012
Experiences of stigma

Two HIV-Positive Couples Forced To Leave Village

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Jakarta Globe
29 October 2012
Money

For many destitute Kenyans, illegal sales of anti-HIV drugs only means of survival

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The Asahi Shimbun
29 October 2012
Combatting stigma

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi calls for zero discrimination of people living with HIV

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UNAIDS
29 October 2012
Experiences of stigma

Australia: Half have HIV status disclosed without giving OK

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The Age
29 October 2012
Discrimination & the law

Nigeria: I Was Told I'll Die 17 Yrs Ago - HIV Positive Nurse

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AllAfrica
28 October 2012
Access to healthcare

Four NGOs ask NIH to grant open licenses to ritonavir patents under Bayh-Dole March-in provisions

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Knowledge Ecology International
26 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Crime and Punishment: An International HIV Disclosure Dilemma

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TheBody.com
26 October 2012
Combatting stigma

Spoiled Identity: gay men, HIV and stigma

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Positively Aware
26 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

After the Supreme Court - picking up the pieces

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Positive Lite
26 October 2012
Retention & linkage to care

Cambodia: Lack of home-based care in Ratanakiri causing problems for people living with HIV

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Key Correspondents
25 October 2012
Human rights

Making it work: Integrating human rights into national HIV plans

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International HIV/AIDS Alliance
25 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

HIV-positive accused guilty of only two lesser charges, defence argues

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Ottawa Citizen
25 October 2012
Taking an HIV test

The fear of testing for HIV still exists!

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Key Correspondents
24 October 2012
Sex workers

Non-disclosure of HIV sero-status by Indian female sex workers

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BMJ
23 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

HIV and disclosure: How the Supreme Court of Canada got it wrong

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Toronto Star
23 October 2012
Combatting stigma

Doctors in Egypt often won't treat HIV-AIDS patients

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Kansas City Star
23 October 2012
Sex workers

EAST AFRICA: Sex workers need help too

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IRIN Plus News
22 October 2012
Sex workers

New UN report takes a stark look at links between sex work, HIV and the law in Asia and the Pacific

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UNDP press release
22 October 2012