HIV Populations
AIDS 2012: Sex Workers and Drug Users Demand Access to AIDS 2012 [VIDEO]
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- Category: People Who Inject Drugs
- Published on Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
Sex worker and drug user activists interrupted the opening press conference of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) on Sunday, July 22, to protest federal regulations barring sex workers and drug users from entering the U.S.
Global Commission Report Finds Punitive Laws Hamper HIV/AIDS Response
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- Category: People Who Inject Drugs
- Published on Friday, 13 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Press Release
Human rights abuses and bad laws -- including laws that criminalize HIV transmission, drug use, and sex work, as well as policies that perpetuate inequality and violence against women and girls, gay men, and transgender people -- hinder effective response to the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, according to the final report of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law released this week ahead of the XIX International AIDS Conference.
Breast Milk Inhibits HIV and Prevents Oral Transmission in Mice
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:00
- Written by Press Release
Human breast milk has a strong inhibitory effect on HIV in vitro and was shown to reduce the likelihood of oral transmission of the virus in a mouse model designed to mimic the human mouth and upper gastrointestinal tract, researchers reported in the June 14, 2012, edition of the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
New Report Finds Global Drug War Fuels HIV Pandemic
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- Category: People Who Inject Drugs
- Published on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The worldwide war on drugs is a major factor sustaining the global HIV/AIDS epidemic among drug users and their sexual partners, according to a new report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy released in advance of the International AIDS Conference later this month in Washington, DC.
The Stigma-Sickness Slope: HIV Vulnerability in Asian Transgender Populations
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- Category: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:00
- Written by Cyd Nova
As many as half of all transgender people in Asia may be living with HIV, according to a new report by the United Nations Development Programme and the Asia Pacific Transgender Network. The findings offer insight into the 
multifactorial drivers of high HIV seroprevalence and vulnerability among trans persons in the region.
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