HIV & AIDS
Legalising sex work would slash HIV toll, study says
Scrapping laws that ban sex work would slash the number of HIV infections over the next decade, according to a study presented at the world AIDS forum on Tuesday.
Jul 22, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Control of HIV pandemic will not be achieved without radical improvement in support for sex workers
Across the world, in high- and low-income countries, women, men, and transgender people who sell sex are subjected to repressive and discriminatory law, policy, and practice, which in turn fuel human rights violations against ...
Jul 22, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Responding to HIV in three key communities
The number of new HIV diagnoses in Australia remains the highest in 20 years, according to data released today by UNSW's Kirby Institute.
Jul 18, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
HIV scare after Australian health worker diagnosed with virus
Australian authorities were Tuesday urging 399 people in eastern Victoria state to have an HIV test after a health care worker was diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS.
Jul 15, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
WHO warns HIV 'exploding' among gay men, urges preventive drugs
HIV infections are rising among gay men in many parts of the world, the World Health Organization warned Friday, urging all men who have sex with men to take antiretroviral drugs to prevent infection.
Jul 11, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
New effort to halt spread of HIV in the Caribbean
A handful of sex workers sit on discarded cardboard along a filthy sewer channel, sharing food and razors to shave their legs and faces as they prepare for the night's labor on the streets of Jamaica's capital.
May 8, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Catching more than fish: Ugandan town crippled by AIDS
When you risk your life fishing on dangerous seas, a drink in the bars back on shore seem a welcome relief, but in Uganda, it has created a culture with staggering rates of HIV.
Apr 23, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
AIDS epidemic's end by 2030 seen: UN official
A top UN official said the global AIDS epidemic could be over by 2030 because of progress made in treatment and control of the disease.
Sep 19, 2013
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Health
WHO: Third of women suffer domestic violence (Update)
About a third of women worldwide have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner, according to the first major review of violence against women.
Jun 20, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
HIV prevention among female sex workers in India reduces HIV and syphilis
HIV prevention programs for female sex workers in India reduce rates of syphilis, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a University of Toronto study has found.
Jun 16, 2013
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