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Nov 28, 2019

Innovative WHO HIV testing recommendations aim to expand treatment coverage

World Health Organisation - "The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new recommendations to help countries reach the 8.1 million people living with HIV who are yet to be diagnosed, and who are therefore unable to obtain lifesaving treatment.

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Nov 27, 2019

New Zealand launches world's first HIV positive sperm bank

The Guardian - "Effort aims to reduce the stigma experienced by those living with the virus. The world’s first HIV positive sperm bank has been launched in an effort to reduce the stigma experienced by those living with the virus.

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Nov 14, 2019

Promises Alone Cannot Save Our Lives

The Global Fund- "At the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference in Lyon, France, in October, a group of young people representing youth populations affected by HIV, TB and malaria penned the following response to the open letter to 7-year-olds.

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Nov 21, 2019

The Emotional Challenges of Living with HIV

Viiv Healthcare - "Science in HIV treatment has travelled long and far, but what about the emotional and stigma related challenges of living with HIV? HIV has changed. Thanks to treatment advances, people living with HIV (PLHIV) now have a longer life expectancy. However, emotional challenges continue to impact many people’s day-to-day lives.

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Oct 28, 2019

How is it possible that, in 2018, an estimated 1.7 million people acquired HIV?

Frontline AIDS - "Almost forty years in to the epidemic, it’s not as if we don’t know enough about HIV, how it’s transmitted and the devastating impact it can have on people’s health.

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