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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.

Young people

Young people know less about HIV and are less trustful of condoms, French survey finds

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10 January 2013
News about aidsmap

The HIV Justice Network

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12 December 2012
Side effects

Low-dose stavudine study debated between South African researchers and activists

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11 December 2012
News about aidsmap

A big thank you for World AIDS Day

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28 November 2012
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Young gay men with HIV in the UK worry about disclosure, transmission and prosecution – older ones about confidence and sex

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7 November 2012
Women

South African women who seek goods and services from sexual partners more likely to become HIV positive within two years

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1 November 2012
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Scale up of HIV testing in Africa isn't leading to breaches in consent or confidentiality

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26 October 2012
Ageing & HIV

A healthy – and happy – old age with HIV

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22 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Viral load will be no defence against prosecution for HIV exposure or transmission in Norway

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20 October 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Huge differences in HIV mortality rates in US according to race, social and economic status

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19 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Supreme Court of Canada rules that condoms alone do not prevent a 'realistic possibility' of HIV transmission

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8 October 2012
Finding support

UK government ends funding for HIV-specific phone helplines

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4 October 2012
News about aidsmap

Looking to the future

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27 September 2012
Religion & faith

Religious beliefs don't deter HIV testing or use of antiretrovirals among Africans in London

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15 August 2012
Adherence

Australians find that money problems lead to poorer adherence to HIV therapy

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13 August 2012
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

What kind of prevention do gay men need?

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6 August 2012
Violence

Depending on how it's defined, between 13% and 46% of American gay men report intimate partner violence

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3 August 2012
Experiences of stigma

How to tackle HIV stigma among health care workers

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2 August 2012
Behaviour change interventions

Poverty-targeted cash transfers are reducing some HIV risk behaviours

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31 July 2012
Sex workers

Why do surveys show that female sex workers have 14 times the risk of having HIV as other women?

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31 July 2012
Activism & civil society

The Global Village

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27 July 2012
HIV & criminal law

In the real world HIV has changed; in the courtroom it is still the 1980s

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26 July 2012
Taking an HIV test

Why Zambians don't test and treat

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26 July 2012
Telling people you have HIV

South African study finds most women disclose HIV status to family, but far fewer to sexual partners

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26 July 2012