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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.

Activism & civil society

Mayor to make history by appointing SF's first openly HIV-positive supervisor

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San Francisco Examiner
6 January 2017
People & personal stories

R.I.P. George Michael (1963–2016)

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Poz
3 January 2017
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Russia: Federal register of HIV patients to be launched on January 1

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TASS
3 January 2017
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Gay Rights Groups Brave Abuse, Violence to Fight HIV in Cameroon

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NBCNews.com
29 December 2016
HIV & criminal law

Infecting People With HIV Shouldn't Be A Crime… I Think

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Above the Law
22 December 2016
HIV & criminal law

HIV Conviction Of “Tiger Mandingo” Has Been Thrown Out

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BuzzFeed
21 December 2016
Access to healthcare

Access to highly effective hepatitis C treatment in Portugal: A Community Perspective

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EATG
19 December 2016
HIV & criminal law

Greek court acquits HIV-positive women charged with 'transmitting the virus' via prostitution

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Athens News Agency - Macedonian Press Agency
19 December 2016
Experiences of stigma

This “First Dates” Contestant Was Told He Had To Reveal He Was HIV-Positive

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BuzzFeed News
19 December 2016
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

High rates of injury found among some HIV-positive people in B.C.

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CATIE
19 December 2016
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Five Reasons ‘HIV Undetectable’ Must Equal ‘Untransmittable’

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MarkSKing.com
15 December 2016
HIV prevention policy

Philippines urged to break condom barriers amid rising HIV epidemic among gay men

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Asian Correspondent
8 December 2016
New & experimental HIV treatments

Charlie Sheen Achieves Undetectable Viral Load With Weekly Injectable HIV Treatment

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The Body
8 December 2016
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Kenya court halts HIV data collection

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BBC News
8 December 2016
History of HIV & AIDS

What Would The World Look Like If So Many Gay Men Hadn't Died Of AIDS?

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Huffington Post
7 December 2016
Experiences of stigma

Dutch HIV patients furious over "horror" AIDS campaign

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NL Times
7 December 2016
Activism & civil society

As HIV Activists in the Age of Trump, We Need to Look Beyond the Gay Paradigm

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The Body
7 December 2016
Ageing & HIV

The Unintended Consequences of AIDS Survival

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Poz
7 December 2016
HIV & criminal law

"Callous, cold and deliberately duplicitous": calling out racism in Canadian newspaper coverage of HIV non-disclosure cases 1989-2015

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Positive Lite
7 December 2016
Experiences of stigma

Israel: HIV infected bodies are being segregated and covered in concrete by health officials

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Pink News
5 December 2016
Drug policy & policing

The Philippines: No country for poor men

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BBC
5 December 2016
Activism & civil society

When We Rise: The exclusive interview with AIDS activist & author Cleve Jones

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BETA blog
2 December 2016
Money

The Fight for HIV Travel Insurance Cover

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World First
2 December 2016
Money

Three out of four providers offer HIV life assurance

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Financial Adviser
2 December 2016