• We look into how the pandemic is affecting immunocompromised people, especially those who are HIV positive or have AIDS. (wpr.org)
  • We also reflect on the beginnings of the HIV/ AIDS pandemic. (wpr.org)
  • In 2019 Options for Sexual Health partnered with Pacific AIDS Network and the CIN to take on the development of a navigation tool for HIV and Hepatitis C services for women* across the Province of British Columbia (BC). (optionsforsexualhealth.org)
  • Our findings show that these young people act very much like their HIV-negative counterparts across the country," said Rohan Hazra, M.D., of the Pediatric, Adolescent and Maternal AIDS Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). (nih.gov)
  • Young people participated at clinical sites nationwide as part of the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study , which is funded by the NICHD and several other NIH institutes and offices. (nih.gov)
  • Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in a World with HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS, 1996, 7 p. (nzdl.org)
  • The agony and economic strain of cancer and HIV/AIDS therapies severely impact patients' psychological wellbeing. (frontiersin.org)
  • LGBT individuals with cancer and HIV/AIDS play two roles. (frontiersin.org)
  • The purpose of this study is to synthesize current studies on the impact of HIV/AIDS and cancer on LGBT patients' psychological wellbeing. (frontiersin.org)
  • PRISMA 2020 Flow Diagram seeks research on LGBT cancer and HIV/AIDS patients. (frontiersin.org)
  • Finally, meta-analyses was done on 27 HIV/AIDS and 33 cancer patients's analyse. (frontiersin.org)
  • The research included 9,898 LGBT cancer sufferers with AIDS and 14,465 cancer sufferers with HIV/AIDS. (frontiersin.org)
  • Using meta-analysis, we discovered the gap in psychological wellbeing scores between HIV/AIDS LGBT and non-LGBT groups ranged from −10.86 to 15.63. (frontiersin.org)
  • Inflammation and fibrosis in HIV/AIDS and cancer sufferers adversely affect their psychological wellbeing. (frontiersin.org)
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, and cervical cancer, which are known as AIDS-defining cancers (ADCs), occur more frequently in HIV/AIDS patients than in HIV-negative individuals ( 1 , 2 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • In other words, the HIV/AIDS conditions contribute to the development of these cancers in HIV-positive individuals. (frontiersin.org)
  • Aside from this, there is evidence that HIV/AIDS patients are at a higher risk for developing certain non-AIDS-defining cancers (NADCs), despite the fact that there is no known direct pathological relationship between HIV/AIDS and these cancers, unlike the relationship between HIV/AIDS and ADCs ( 1 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • On 8 June, during a side event at this week's United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York, participants explored the question of how to better integrate HIV and sexual and reproductive health interventions. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • Supported by operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Gender and Health (Funding Reference MOP-106478) and HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Program (Funding Reference 167492). (lww.com)
  • This way, we improve the link between theory and data for sexual activity models of HIV/AIDS epidemics. (aimsciences.org)
  • Abbreviation: J. AIDS HIV Res. (academicjournals.org)
  • This study aimed at investigating the extent to which US College students know about human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) transmission, infection and prevention, and the transfer of such knowledge to sexual behavior change. (academicjournals.org)
  • The findings showed that college students' knowledge about HIV/AIDS was very good, and that such knowledge was transferable to real life experience, in their interaction with members of the opposite sex. (academicjournals.org)
  • The implication of the study was that public education on HIV/AIDS is fruitful, and that at the same time, there is need for its continuation, as there are still misconceptions about HIV/AIDS regarding its transmission, infection and prevention. (academicjournals.org)
  • College students, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) transmission, HIV/AIDS prevention, knowledge of HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS denial. (academicjournals.org)
  • In 2018, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNADS) estimated that over 37.9 million people were living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and two-third of them were in the WHO African region indicating approximately 1 in every 25 people (UNAIDS, 2016, 2019) . (scirp.org)
  • The viral load suppression among adults People Living With HIV/AIDs (PLWHA) is shown to be ranging from 66.8% in Kilimanjaro (high) to 29.1% in Arusha (low), and the viral suppression level in Tabora stands at 41.2% [0.6% - 51.7%, 95% CI] (URT, 2018) . (scirp.org)
  • More attention is thus being given to the wider health needs of People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) including a renewed focus on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs. (bhiva.org)
  • Knowledge of these aspects can help to develop prevention strategies to control the spread of HIV/AIDS. (eur.nl)
  • This area continues to record more new infections of HIV/AIDS. (omicsonline.org)
  • CAAN's research agenda is driven by our membership of Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS (IPHAs), Indigenous people living with hepatitis C (IPHCs) and Indigenous-led service organizations. (caan.ca)
  • Subscribe to our mailing list and stay up-to-date with important CAAN, AIDS, and HIV news. (caan.ca)
  • HIV has the ability to replicate rapidly with time thus killing its host's cells, and when not given proper management, it can end up leading to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). (male-rape.org.uk)
  • Culture gender sexual communication sexual health sexually transmitted infections HIV and AIDS and HCT. (ajol.info)
  • Clinicians may also seek expert consultative services from the National Clinicians' Postexposure Prophylaxis Hotline of the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center, available 24 hours a day (888-448-4911). (medscape.com)
  • Despite the advances observed in HIV/AIDS treatment of in recent decades, sexual risk behavior and the number of new HIV cases have increased. (bvsalud.org)
  • The main objective of this study was to analyze whether the psychosocial constructs, resilience and knowledge about HIV/AIDS, which are protectors against vulnerability to HIV infection, are associated with socio-demographic characteristics of individuals. (bvsalud.org)
  • The following instruments were used: questionnaire on socio-demographic data and sexual behavior, scale of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and the CD-RISC-BR resilience scale. (bvsalud.org)
  • A sample of 73 men who have sex with men (MSM) in Cairo, Egypt, were screened for HIV infection and were interviewed to study their risk behaviours for HIV/AIDS. (who.int)
  • It is clear that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is becoming a threat to development in many parts of the world, and in some places is rapidly becoming a security crisis too [1]. (who.int)
  • The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) of the World Health Organization, including Egypt. (who.int)
  • Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV/AIDS : guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings. (who.int)
  • HIV/AIDS infection. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Anal cancer is more common among HIV/AIDS positive men who have sex with other men. (medlineplus.gov)
  • This may be due to the increased risk for HPV and HIV/AIDS infection. (medlineplus.gov)
  • HIV/AIDS, organ transplants, certain medicines, and other conditions that weaken the immune system increase your risk. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Since reports of emergence and spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States between the 1970s and 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has frequently been linked to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) by epidemiologists and medical professionals. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scientists and physicians now know that HIV/AIDS does not only affect MSM and can infect anybody, regardless of sex or sexual orientation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men are a small percentage of the U.S. population, but are consistently the population group most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, and are the largest proportion of American citizens with an AIDS diagnosis who have died. (wikipedia.org)
  • Though the CDC has a center devoted to the study of HIV/AIDS , the National Center for Health Statistics produces data on HIV testing. (cdc.gov)
  • If the source's HIV status is unavailable, a determination of risk must be based on the source's known risk for acute or chronic HIV infection. (medscape.com)
  • [ 5 ] In addition, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) should be discussed to prevent future infection. (medscape.com)
  • We hypothesized that lack of sexual power, measured with a four-point relationship control scale and by a woman's experience of forced sex with her most recent partner, would decrease the likelihood of consistent condom use and increase the risk for HIV infection among sexually experienced, 15- to 24-year-old women in South Africa. (cdc.gov)
  • Inconsistent condom use was, in turn, significantly associated with HIV infection (adjusted odds ratio 1.58, 95% CI 1.10-2.27). (cdc.gov)
  • In 2002, the prevalence of HIV infection among South African women attending antenatal clinics was 26.5% ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • While women's greater biological susceptibility to HIV helps explain this difference, a host of sociocultural and economic factors rooted in gender power inequities exacerbate women's vulnerability to infection. (cdc.gov)
  • The most effective methods for preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are those that protect against exposure to HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • Health-care providers and their patients may opt to consider using antiretroviral drugs after nonoccupational HIV exposures that carry a high risk for infection, but only after careful consideration of the potential risks and benefits and with a full awareness of the gaps in current knowledge. (cdc.gov)
  • Medical treatment after sexual, injecting-drug-use, or other nonoccupational HIV exposure * is likely to be a relatively ineffective method for preventing HIV infection compared with preventing exposure in the first place. (cdc.gov)
  • The Public Health Service (PHS) has recommended using antiretroviral drugs to reduce the acquisition of HIV infection among persons exposed in the workplace (e.g., accidental needlesticks received by health-care workers) (1,2). (cdc.gov)
  • Health-care providers may want to provide their patients with a system for promptly initiating evaluation, counseling, and follow-up services after a reported sexual, injecting-drug-use, or other nonoccupational HIV exposure that might put a patient at high risk for acquiring infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Injecting-drug-use exposure through shared injection equipment can put a patient at risk for acquiring other viral infections (e.g., hepatitis B and hepatitis C). All persons evaluated for possible nonoccupational HIV exposure should be counseled to initiate, resume, or improve risk-reduction behaviors to avoid future exposure and to prevent possible secondary transmission until their current HIV infection status is determined. (cdc.gov)
  • HIV is treatable and, while it is a chronic infection with no cure, medications can help you to live a healthy and full life. (interiorhealth.ca)
  • PFLEGER: Advances like treatment, which helped turn HIV from a fatal infection into a manageable chronic condition. (npr.org)
  • The Director of CSRH, Professor Carla Treloar, summarised: 'Our report highlights the need for further concerted efforts to promote a combination of biomedical and behavioural prevention strategies to drive down rates of HIV or STI infection. (edu.au)
  • Awareness of HIV infection sexual risk behaviors and practices among male partners of pregnant mothers, therefore, plays a greater role in reducing new infection to them and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. (scirp.org)
  • The awareness that HIV infected mothers can transmit HIV infection in labor and during breastfeeding among their male partners was raised to 73.3% and 61.8% from 55.4% and 47.5% to study and control groups respectively following intervention. (scirp.org)
  • This indicates that following SMS communication intervention men from the study group were less likely to practice HIV infection sexual risk behavior compared to the control group. (scirp.org)
  • Added to this mix was World War 1 and an explosion of STIs - during the war about 5% of men in Britain's armies were infected with an STI and over 400,000 British or allied troops were admitted to hospital due to a sexual infection. (bashh.org)
  • Introduction In resource-limited countries, people with disabilities seem to be particularly vulnerable to HIV infection due to barriers to accessing information and services, frequent exposure to sexual violence and social exclusion. (bmj.com)
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a viral infection that progressively destroys certain white blood cells and is treated with antiretroviral medications. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in Children and Adolescents Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a viral infection that progressively destroys certain white blood cells and makes people more vulnerable to other infections and some cancers. (msdmanuals.com)
  • We have awareness, testing, prevention and treatment services to reduce HIV transmission. (interiorhealth.ca)
  • Particularly in the last three years, gay and bisexual men are increasingly using PrEP and treatment as prevention (TasP) to manage HIV transmission risk,' said Associate Professor Martin Holt, the project leader of the Gay Community Periodic Surveys at CSRH. (edu.au)
  • Ongoing secondary transmission prevention programs addressing sexual activity with multiple partners, disclosure to partners and consistent condom use with serodisconcordant partners must be incorporated throughout HIV care programs. (nih.gov)
  • Nearly 10,000 people in the United States are living with HIV acquired at or before birth, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (nih.gov)
  • Adolescence introduces many complications into children's lives, and those of HIV-positive youth especially," said co-author Susannah Allison, Ph.D., of the Infant, Child and Adolescent HIV Prevention Program at NIMH. (nih.gov)
  • These services include testing for HIV and other sexually transmissible infections, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, support for fertility decisions, and increased access to condoms, contraception and correct information. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • Mother-and-child centred care, including prevention to mother-to-child transmission, for example, can improve both sexual and reproductive health and HIV outcomes. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • For instance, in countries where voluntary male circumcision is being implemented for HIV prevention, the number of men accessing other sexual and reproductive health services, such as prevention of mother-to-child transmission and treatment of STIs, has increased. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • HIV prevention interventions targeting T-GBMSM who are predominantly attracted to men and interventions addressing sequelae of childhood sexual abuse may be warranted. (lww.com)
  • The extent to which young women's self-perceptions about risk of HIV acquisition influence their sexual behaviors and use of HIV prevention methods remains unclear. (frontiersin.org)
  • We used an inductive, content analytic approach to identify key themes related to risk perceptions, sexual behavior, and use of HIV prevention tools. (frontiersin.org)
  • HIV risk perception among young women in Kenya was dynamic and influenced their use of PrEP and condoms over time, suggesting an often-deliberate approach to HIV prevention and sexual health. (frontiersin.org)
  • and HIV prevention efforts targeted at them. (eur.nl)
  • Based on our results, we reflect on HIV prevention measures that should be improved in order to better target behaviors that may lead to HIV transmission between MSM in steady relationships. (biomedcentral.com)
  • HIV prevention measures targeted toward MSM often focus on individual-level risks, emphasizing factors such as condom use and overall number of partners, and painting unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) as an inherently risky behavior. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Governing Board desires to provide a well-planned, integrated sequence of medically accurate and inclusive instruction on comprehensive sexual health and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention. (gamutonline.net)
  • Comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education shall be offered to all students in grades 7-12 at least once in junior high or middle school and at least once in high school. (gamutonline.net)
  • The Superintendent or designee shall identify appropriate methods for informing the school community about subjects related to the district's comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention education. (gamutonline.net)
  • At the beginning of each school year or at the time of a student's enrollment, parents/guardians shall be notified, in the manner specified in the accompanying administrative regulation, that they may request in writing that their child be excused from participating in comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention education. (gamutonline.net)
  • Heterogeneity in sexual behavior is known to play an important role in the spread of HIV. (aimsciences.org)
  • Additionally, high risk perception was based on the behavior of their partners, such as refusing to use condoms and being unsure of their partner's HIV status. (frontiersin.org)
  • Societal orientation places expectations about what it means to be a man and a woman, thus gender has a powerful influence on sexual behavior. (ajol.info)
  • Gender stereotypes of submissive females and powerful males can hinder communication and encourage risky behavior and increase vulnerability to sexual health threats such as STIs including HIV. (ajol.info)
  • Very few studies have focused on younger women, attempted to measure relationship power directly, or assessed its effects on HIV-preventive behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • Preventive behaviors include sexual abstinence, sex only with an uninfected partner, consistent and correct condom use, abstinence from injecting-drug use, and consistent use of sterile equipment by those unable to cease injecting-drug use. (cdc.gov)
  • Antiretroviral therapy should never replace adopting and maintaining behaviors that guard against HIV exposure (e.g., sexual abstinence, sex only with an uninfected partner, consistent and correct condom use, abstinence from injecting-drug use, and consistent use of sterile equipment by those unable to cease injecting-drug use). (cdc.gov)
  • We assessed sexual behaviors before and 12-months after ART initiation among 277 Mozambicans attending an HIV clinic. (nih.gov)
  • As more HIV-positive infants survive childhood and become sexually active teens, it becomes increasingly important to emphasize how healthy behaviors can protect these teens, as well as their partners. (nih.gov)
  • Manyanga, D. , Mtae, H. , Bello, I. and Sangeda, R. (2020) Influences of Mobile Phones-Based Short-Message-Services Communications on the HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors among Pregnant Women's Male Partners, Case Control Study Tanzania. (scirp.org)
  • The risk of people including male partners of pregnant women in getting HIV varies according to several risk factors including the type of exposure and behaviors. (scirp.org)
  • Around the time of enrollment, most of the 50 women interviewed reported being at high risk of HIV because of their own sexual behaviors, such as inconsistent condom use, multiple sexual partners, and transactional sex. (frontiersin.org)
  • Over time, many young women reported reducing risky sexual behaviors because of the regular counseling and HIV testing they received as part of their PrEP services. (frontiersin.org)
  • Social cognitive theories, such as the Expanded Health Belief Model and Theory of Reasoned Action, postulate that individuals who perceive risk of acquiring a disease will be more likely to engage in risk reducing sexual behaviors ( 4 - 6 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Worth noting, these findings contrast to previous studies in men, where a heightened brain response to sexual cues was linked to greater sexual risk behaviors. (upenn.edu)
  • The district's educational program shall address the goals of the California Healthy Youth Act pursuant to Education Code 51930 - 51939 , including providing students with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect them from risks presented by sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancy, sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual abuse, and human trafficking and to have healthy, positive, and safe relationships and behaviors. (gamutonline.net)
  • The district's educational program shall also promote students' understanding of sexuality as a normal part of human development and their development of healthy attitudes and behaviors concerning adolescent growth and development, body image, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, relationships, marriage, and family. (gamutonline.net)
  • Finally, it is expected that this study may contribute to the formulation of preventive health interventions regarding sexual risk behaviors and HIV. (bvsalud.org)
  • The purpose of the report is primarily to understand risk behaviors for pregnancy among teens, thus the focus is only on opposite sex sexual activity. (cdc.gov)
  • PEP with antiretrovirals in patients who are already HIV-positive is not recommended, although considerations for other treatments (eg, other infections, trauma, legal issues, undesired pregnancy) remain unchanged when the exposed patient is already HIV-positive. (medscape.com)
  • Information about HIV, other sexually transmitted infections and how to maintain good sexual health. (tht.org.uk)
  • Reducing the rate of new HIV infections turned out to be extremely challenging. (itg.be)
  • Women make up 51% of the total Canadian population, and they account for over one quarter of the estimated HIV infections in Canada. (optionsforsexualhealth.org)
  • Youth living with HIV who do not use condoms risk spreading HIV to prospective partners, as well as acquiring sexually transmitted infections from their partners. (nih.gov)
  • Worldwide, more than 80 per cent of HIV infections are sexually transmitted. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • The discussion also showed that when compulsory sexuality education is effectively implemented on a national scale, there is potential for cost savings in terms of averting HIV infections, other STIs and unintended pregnancies. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • The Tanzania HIV survey in 2017 revealed that the HIV incidence for adults aged 15 - 64 years in the country was at 0.29% (0.40% for women and 0.17% for males) which represents about 81,000 new infections (URT, 2018) . (scirp.org)
  • So the two pieces of legislation dovetailed together and dealt with different aspects of controlling and treating sexual infections. (bashh.org)
  • The incidence and prevalence of HIV infections continue to rise in the UK. (bhiva.org)
  • The aim of these guidelines is to complement the existing guidance on contained in the British HIV Association (BHIVA) guidelines on the management of HIV in pregnancy, the British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH) guidelines on the management of sexually transmitted infections in people living with HIV, syphilis and HIV and on post-exposure prophylaxis. (bhiva.org)
  • Data show that young adult women in the United States have high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that increase their risk of HIV. (upenn.edu)
  • in the context of steady or casual intimate relationships) contribute to HIV risk, sexually transmitted infections, and PrEP use among a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of 500 sexual minority men. (sdsu.edu)
  • Our study shows that Stigma and discrimination of victims of sexual violence are associated with the perception of rape and rigid social norms to the detriment of women, the fear of contagion to sexually transmitted infections, as well as shame and guilt families and communities. (omicsonline.org)
  • HIV destroys certain types of white blood cells, weakening the body's defenses against infections and cancers. (msdmanuals.com)
  • HIV medications (antiretroviral medications) can stop HIV from reproducing, allow the immune system to strengthen, and thus allow people to live without severe infections or HIV-related cancers. (msdmanuals.com)
  • HIV infections may be caused by one of two retroviruses, HIV-1 or HIV-2. (msdmanuals.com)
  • HIV-1 causes most HIV infections worldwide, but HIV-2 causes many HIV infections in West Africa. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Prevalence ratios (PR) for associations with past-year high sexual risk (condomless intercourse outside a seroconcordant monogamous relationship) were estimated using average marginal predictions from logistic regression. (lww.com)
  • 1 Yet, there is a dearth of research evidence regarding the HIV disease burden, prevalence of HIV-related sexual risk, and factors associated with sexual risk among transmasculine persons who are gay, bisexual, or have sex with men (T-GBMSM). (lww.com)
  • Subnational variation in HIV prevalence exists, as it was also reported that the HIV prevalence for Njombe was 11.4% while it was 0.3% for Lindi. (scirp.org)
  • Our study fills this gap by using a follow-up survey of postpartum women with HIV to examine if disclosure prevalence has improved compared to the proportion recorded at childbirth . (bvsalud.org)
  • Can the promotion of post-exposure prophylaxis following sexual exposure to HIV (PEPSE) cause harm? (bmj.com)
  • Richens et al question whether the development of guidelines for the provision of post-exposure prophylaxis following sexual exposure (PEPSE) will cause harm, based on three areas of concern: doubts over efficacy, possible effects on sexual behaviour, and cost. (bmj.com)
  • Participants were less likely to belong to the outcome group if they were out to their primary doctor (OR = 0.54), were well-educated about post-exposure prophylaxis (OR = 0.46), had sought information on HIV in the past year and kept condoms in an accessible place (OR = 0.20), or believed that insisting on condoms would lead partners to assume they were HIV-negative (OR = 0.20). (biomedcentral.com)
  • They found that young women who are at increased risk for STIs and/or HIV, through inconsistent condom use by a partner, have a decreased response in rewarding and motivational circuits to sexual cues and feel less positively about sexual-related stimuli, compared to women whose partners used condoms consistently. (upenn.edu)
  • The study's findings have been published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience in an article titled "Women at Greater Sexual Risk for STIs/HIV Have a Lower Mesolimbic and Affective Bias Response to Sexual Stimuli. (upenn.edu)
  • A3864 will require licensed health care providers to complete training in sexual health, including how to talk to patients about sex, STIs and HIV. (hivlawandpolicy.org)
  • Experts believe that this kind of training is needed to address the mistrust and discrimination that communities hit hardest by HIV and STIs continue to experience. (hivlawandpolicy.org)
  • Not disclosing HIV status to a sexual partner can land you in prison in Ohio and other states, even if they don't contract the disease. (npr.org)
  • The authors also urge physicians and other health care providers to make sure that youth living with HIV understand the importance of safer sex practices and of disclosing HIV status to prospective partners. (nih.gov)
  • However, because of their HIV status, it is extremely important for health care providers, school counselors and family members to reinforce the importance of practicing safe sex, taking medication regularly and disclosing HIV status to potential partners. (nih.gov)
  • Fear of rejection, stigma or being judged, new or casual relationships, and having a violent partner were the main reasons for not disclosing HIV status to sexual partners . (bvsalud.org)
  • Gender power inequities are believed to play a key role in the HIV epidemic through their effects on women's power in sexual relationships. (cdc.gov)
  • Gender power inequities play a key role in the HIV epidemic through their effects on sexual relationships ( 3 - 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In Kenya and elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, young women are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic compared to young men. (frontiersin.org)
  • s in Armed Conflicts: Another Factor in the Spread of the HIV Epidemic? (omicsonline.org)
  • Jean Claude OK, France K, Danielle P (2013) Stigma of Victims of Sexual Violence's in Armed Conflicts: Another Factor in the Spread of the HIV Epidemic? (omicsonline.org)
  • In Germany, as in many developed countries, men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate share of the HIV epidemic, with around 75 % of new cases in 2013 estimated to be the result of sexual transmission between men [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Most of the literature addresses sexual assault and the HIV epidemic separately. (medscape.com)
  • The Annual Report of Trends in Behaviour 2017 released today by the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH) at UNSW Sydney finds the proportion of non-HIV-positive gay men who reported pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use in the six months prior to the annual Gay Community Periodic Surveys increased from 2% in 2013 to 5% in 2016. (edu.au)
  • Nationally, 88% of HIV-positive gay men reported being on ART in 2016. (edu.au)
  • Frequent HIV testing: In 2016, close to one-third of non-HIV-positive gay men had a minimum of three tests within the previous 12 months (one HIV test every four months on average). (edu.au)
  • Serosorting' (seeking partners of the same HIV status): This remains the most commonly used risk reduction strategy by HIV-negative men (45% in 2012, increasing to 52% in 2016). (edu.au)
  • A few have documented important effects, finding that women with greater sexual relationship power are more likely to ensure their partner's use of condoms or to consistently ensure their partner's use of condoms ( 24 , 25 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Disclosure of HIV serostatus to a sexual partner can facilitate partner's support and testing and better treatment outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • While limited sexual power was not directly associated with HIV, it was associated with inconsistent condom use: women with low relationship control were 2.10 times more likely to use condoms inconsistently (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.17-3.78), and women experiencing forced sex were 5.77 times more likely to inconsistently use condoms (95% CI 1.86-17.91). (cdc.gov)
  • We undertook a preliminary exploration of the effects of sexual power on both HIV serostatus and condom use consistency by using data collected from a nationally representative sample of sexually experienced young women, 15-24 years of age, in South Africa. (cdc.gov)
  • Some gay and bisexual men have gradually moved away from consistent condom use and rely on a range of biomedical and behavioural strategies to reduce HIV transmission,' said Dr Limin Mao, the leading author of this CSRH report. (edu.au)
  • Although reported correct and consist condom use increased, the number of unprotected sexual relationships remained the same (n = 45). (nih.gov)
  • Moreover, most of these sexually active youth reported some sexual activity without condom use. (nih.gov)
  • The researchers also found that 62 percent of those who were sexually active reported at least one sexual act without use of a condom. (nih.gov)
  • Though the data are correlational, regular condom use in a relationship may reflect greater caring and consideration for untoward consequences, especially for the woman's risks-contributing to a more positive emotional and brain response to sexual stimuli. (upenn.edu)
  • This 3-week course is designed for programme managers, decision-makers, health professionals/clinicians, and researchers involved in sexual and reproductive health programmes and interventions. (itg.be)
  • People living with HIV have reported that a wide range of services in one place increases anonymity, making them more likely to access HIV-related interventions. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • The participants share ideas and experiences of how those working in the fields of HIV and sexual and reproductive health have combined their efforts to make interventions more effective in creative and innovative ways. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • Conclusion/Implications: Understanding the factors contributing to resilience among women with HIV exposed to CSA might help in the design of needed effective interventions to minimize the untoward consequences of CSA (depression, poor QOL). (confex.com)
  • Barriers to and facilitators of HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among postpartum women living with HIV in South Africa. (bvsalud.org)
  • We further assessed the reasons for non- disclosure and correlates of serostatus disclosure to sexual partners . (bvsalud.org)
  • Also, complicated relationship dynamics and fear of social exclusion still constitute barriers to HIV status disclosure to sexual partners despite patients ' counselling. (bvsalud.org)
  • Non-disclosure of HIV-serostatus to sexual partners was the only significant predictor of practicing unprotected sex with partners of HIV-negative or unknown serostatus. (nih.gov)
  • On demand HIV & syphilis testing is available at all Interior Health labs and at Valley Medical Laboratories in the Okanagan. (interiorhealth.ca)
  • Visit your chosen Interior Health lab or Valley Medical Laboratory and request an HIV and/or a syphilis test from the laboratory staff. (interiorhealth.ca)
  • HIV treatment doesn't protect against other STDs like syphilis and gonorrhea, and other STDs can increase the chance of getting or transmitting HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • Because of the lack of infrastructure combined with the rampant amount of sexual abuse, it is impossible to determine the extent to which the levels of sexualised violence, once described by the UN as "epic", are contributing to HIV rates among the South Sudanese population that are coming to Uganda. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Amnesty International has also reported incidents of women contracting HIV from sexualised violence. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • In an email to The Lancet, Joan Nyanyuki, the organisation's director of east Africa, the Horn, and the Great Lakes, wrote: "Amnesty International is concerned that the rampant sexual violence carried out by both South Sudanese Government forces and armed opposition groups since December, 2013, has contributed to survivors contracting HIV. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • The situation is made worse by the lack of available medical services and the shame and stigma surrounding sexual violence, which often dissuades survivors from seeking the medical assistance. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa most affected by armed conflict and sexual violence used as weapon of war. (omicsonline.org)
  • exacerbate the consequences of sexual violence by isolating and denying care and social support. (omicsonline.org)
  • Teachers delivering such instruction shall consult information related to sexual harassment and violence in the state health curriculum framework. (gamutonline.net)
  • The triangles show the relative importance of different risk factors for sexual violence. (who.int)
  • They are based on a measure of association (median odds ratios) between sexual violence and the risk factor in question across the relevant studies. (who.int)
  • The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV is the UK's leading professional organisation dealing with all aspects of sexual health care. (bashh.org)
  • Jada Hicks is with the New York-based Center for HIV Law and Policy. (npr.org)
  • [ 3 ] Guidelines pertaining to non-occupational exposures (including but not limited to sexual assault, high-risk consensual sexual encounters, and injection drug use) are reviewed and summarized below. (medscape.com)
  • For information regarding occupational exposures, see HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis, Occupational . (medscape.com)
  • Although health-care providers and others have proposed offering antiretroviral drugs to persons with unanticipated sexual or injecting-drug-use HIV exposures (3,4), no data exist regarding the effectiveness of such therapy for these types of exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • In July 1997, CDC sponsored the External Consultants Meeting on Antiretroviral Therapy for Potential Nonoccupational Exposures to HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • A vaginal gel containing compounds that block HIV from fusing with host cells may offer protection against HIV transmission , studies in lab monkeys suggest. (health.am)
  • They then dissolved the compounds in a gel, applied them vaginally to macaque monkeys and tested how well each compound protected the animals against a vaginal challenge with simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) - a virus that mimics the effects of HIV in monkeys. (health.am)
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are diseases that are on a general basis acquired via sexual contact during vaginal, oral and anal sex. (male-rape.org.uk)
  • In general, respondents understood sexual contact in one of two ways: 1) as oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse where penetration of some kind occurs, or 2) a broader definition including fondling and kissing. (cdc.gov)
  • HIV is transmitted through exchange of bodily fluids (semen, vaginal fluid, blood, breast milk) with an infected person, usually through vaginal or anal sex, sharing needles, or from mother to child (during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Young women's perceived risk of HIV acquisition was a key motivator for PrEP initiation and continuation. (frontiersin.org)
  • The levels of resilience varied significantly according to socio-demographic variables: gender, schooling, work situation, sexual initiation and HIV test. (bvsalud.org)
  • Regarding knowledge about HIV, we found statistically significant differences according to the characteristics: sexual orientation, sexual initiation and HIV test. (bvsalud.org)
  • This underscores the growing range of strategies adopted by gay and bisexual men to reduce HIV transmission. (edu.au)
  • This article discusses assessing the risk of HIV exposure and need for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) outside the occupational setting (also known as nPEP). (medscape.com)
  • The HIV remained to be a global public health interest disease that contributed to over 770,000 deaths globally in 2018. (scirp.org)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study (exit interview ) with a final sample of 485 postpartum women with HIV drawn from the East London Prospective Cohort study database between January and May 2018. (bvsalud.org)
  • Transgender men who have sex with men have been labeled a key population at disproportionate risk of sexually transmitted HIV. (lww.com)
  • Evidence from this report highlighted the inequitable access to quality health services for Indigenous women living with HIV and their disproportionate vulnerabilityvulnerabilityto gendered violenceviolenceand sexualsexualand reproductive rights violations. (caan.ca)
  • Sexual exposure also can put a patient at risk for other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and pregnancy. (cdc.gov)
  • UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • The disease can be transmitted from an HIV-positive pregnant woman to her child during pregnancy and childbirth about 15 % - 20%, and 5 % - 15% in breastfeeding. (scirp.org)
  • Alprostadil does not prevent pregnancy or the spread of sexually transmitted diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (medlineplus.gov)
  • The proportion of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men having an undetectable viral load (which carries no risk of HIV transmission) has also increased by more than 30 percentage points to 88% (the highest on record), from 56% in 2007. (edu.au)
  • Other factors that relate to the perpetrator's HIV status and may increase the risk of HIV transmission include a high plasma HIV viral load, advanced HIV disease, and failing antiretroviral therapy. (medscape.com)
  • HIV medicine can reduce the amount of HIV in the blood (also called viral load ). (cdc.gov)
  • HIV medicine can make the viral load so low that a test can't detect it. (cdc.gov)
  • Having an undetectable viral load (or staying virally suppressed*) is the best thing people with HIV can do to stay healthy. (cdc.gov)
  • If their viral load stays undetectable, they have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV to an HIV-negative partner through sex. (cdc.gov)
  • Missing some doses can increase your viral load and the risk of transmitting HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • Not everyone taking HIV medicine has an undetectable viral load. (cdc.gov)
  • Getting and keeping an undetectable viral load prevents HIV transmission during sex. (cdc.gov)
  • The partner with HIV missed some doses of medicine since the last viral load test, stops taking their medicine, or has trouble taking it every day. (cdc.gov)
  • The partner with HIV is having difficulty keeping an undetectable viral load. (cdc.gov)
  • Either partner is unsure if the person with HIV has an undetectable viral load. (cdc.gov)
  • Being virally suppressed means having a very low viral load (less than 200 copies of HIV per milliliter of blood). (cdc.gov)
  • HIV nPEP is indicated in all HIV-negative patients after significant exposure to a substantial-risk bodily fluid, as detailed below. (medscape.com)
  • PEP is recommended only in patients who present to care 72 hours or sooner since the last exposure, as the window to prevent HIV integration into host cells is limited. (medscape.com)
  • According to the World Health Organization (WHO), PEP is contraindicated if the exposed person is already HIV-positive due to a previous exposure, if the patient is chronically exposed to HIV, if the exposure does not pose a risk for transmission, or if the exposure occurred more than 72 hours previously. (medscape.com)
  • Some health-care providers have proposed offering antiretroviral drugs to persons with unanticipated sexual or injecting-drug-use HIV exposure to prevent transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • However, because no data exist regarding the efficacy of this therapy for persons with nonoccupational HIV exposure, it should be considered an unproven clinical intervention. (cdc.gov)
  • To address concerns related to providing antiretroviral agents to persons after nonoccupational HIV exposure, CDC convened a meeting in July 1997 of scientists, public health experts, clinicians, members of professional associations, representatives from industry, ethicists, and members of affected communities. (cdc.gov)
  • The provision of PEP to healthcare workers following actual or potential exposure to HIV is open to similar criticisms, but the routine adoption of PEP in this setting is not questioned by Richens et al , nor indeed by UK or other national policies. (bmj.com)
  • Participants in the outcome group were more likely to say they would use HIV home tests (OR = 1.58) or pre-exposure prophylaxis (OR = 2.11). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The CDC has clear nPEP recommendations for individuals with known HIV exposure. (medscape.com)
  • Patients in whom the assault took place within the preceding 72 hours and are deemed by the clinician to be at high risk for HIV exposure should be offered nPEP. (medscape.com)
  • It is alleged that on August 13, 2017, he engaged in sexual activity with an acquaintance while knowing he was HIV positive and not disclosing it as directed by provincial health care. (cornwallfreenews.com)
  • In 2017, the WHO released a consolidated guideline on the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women living with HIV, offering 73 recommendations and good practice statements to assist in the planning, development, monitoring and promotion of programs and services grounded in gender equality and human rights. (caan.ca)
  • 1 hour) determination of the exposed patient's HIV status cannot be obtained, it is prudent to proceed under the assumption that they are HIV-negative. (medscape.com)
  • A host of economic vulnerabilities underlies young women's inability to challenge the sexual status quo. (cdc.gov)
  • Knowing your HIV status is an important part of a healthy sex life and a good relationship. (interiorhealth.ca)
  • In more than 30 states, it is illegal for someone with HIV to have sex without first disclosing their status. (npr.org)
  • PAIGE PFLEGER, BYLINE: More than 1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV, and their HIV status could conceivably put them behind bars. (npr.org)
  • PFLEGER: Back in 2000, Holder's ex-girlfriend testified that he didn't disclose his HIV status before they had sex. (npr.org)
  • She fears these laws, which intended to stop the spread of HIV, may actually be doing just the opposite, disincentivizing people to know their status in the first place. (npr.org)
  • Both HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men increasingly disclose their HIV status during casual sexual encounters. (edu.au)
  • For example, qualitative studies from CSRH offer a range of insights for engaging and serving heterosexual-identified men who sometimes have sex with men, young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, people who are Medicare ineligible, other people living with HIV (adolescents and children) and heterosexual couples with mixed HIV status. (edu.au)
  • The study also found that, of those youth who knew they had HIV and who were asked about disclosure of their HIV status to their first sexual partners, most reported that they had not told their partner prior to sexual activity. (nih.gov)
  • The study authors recommend that families and caregivers inform children about their HIV status before they reach adolescence and become sexually active. (nih.gov)
  • The study authors also noted that caregivers vary as to when they tell children about their HIV status, often waiting until the teen years, when they believe the youth will more mature and better able to cope emotionally with their diagnoses. (nih.gov)
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that health care providers discuss with parents and caregivers the issue of disclosing a child's HIV status. (nih.gov)
  • Their responses included answers to questions about when they first had sex, whether they used condoms, and whether they revealed their HIV status to potential partners. (nih.gov)
  • One-third of these said they had disclosed their HIV status to their first partner. (nih.gov)
  • Multiple regressions controlling for education, employment, and HIV status indicated that higher resilience significantly related to lower depression (β = -.48, t = -7.74, p = .001) and higher QOL (β = .25, t = 3.38, p = .001). (confex.com)
  • The UNAIDS set a target of 90 - 90 by 2030 referring that 90% of people should know their HIV status and 90% should be able to receive and use Antiretroviral therapy (ART). (scirp.org)
  • The decision to treat patients who have been exposed to individuals with an unknown HIV status is left to the discretion of the clinician and is made on a case-by-case basis. (medscape.com)
  • Disclosure of HIV status to partner was based on self - reporting . (bvsalud.org)
  • We found a relatively higher rate of HIV status disclosure in the cohort compared to the rate recorded at childbirth , suggesting an improvement over time . (bvsalud.org)
  • Resources for people living with HIV and those newly diagnosed. (tht.org.uk)
  • Access our support toolkit for people living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C. (interiorhealth.ca)
  • Also encouraging was that the proportion of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men on antiretroviral treatment (ART) was at a record high for the second year running, which maintains the health of people living with HIV and also contributes significantly to eliminate HIV transmission. (edu.au)
  • It became the leading cause of death in Sub Saharan Africa and worldwide 37.7 million people are now living with HIV. (itg.be)
  • For over a decade, our team has been actively engaging with stakeholders and with community-based organizations that include connections with sex workers, cis and trans women living with HIV, migrant and refugee communities, adolescents and young adults, transgender, Two-Spirit, non-binary and gender diverse individuals, a well as incarcerated and precariously-housed individuals. (optionsforsexualhealth.org)
  • Meeting participants noted that women living with HIV generally have lower fertility desires and have a higher demand for family planning services than other women. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • Therefore, strengthening sexual and reproductive health components, such as family planning, is critical for people living with HIV. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • HIV screening tests are available for adults and adolescents, particularly pregnant women, regardless of what their risk appears to be. (msdmanuals.com)
  • JADA HICKS: The data doesn't support that any of these laws that criminalize HIV actually decrease transmission rates. (npr.org)
  • Every year, 300,000 maternal deaths, 2.1 million stillbirths, 2.6 million neonatal deaths occur worldwide, and about 150,000 children under 5 years of age acquire HIV mainly through vertical transmission. (itg.be)
  • Progress has been made in the past decades, for instance, on the reduction of maternal mortality and vertical HIV transmission. (itg.be)
  • As Richens et al observe, data to support the UK 1 (and other) guidelines have been drawn from animal models, vertical transmission studies, retrospective data from healthcare workers exposed to HIV, and prospective (unrandomised) studies in men who have sex with men (MSM), 2 and individuals following sexual assault. (bmj.com)
  • We sought to determine factors associated with HIV transmission risks in steady partnerships. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, many MSM in steady relationships have adopted a range of behavioral strategies such that UAI with a steady partner, even in the presence of anal sex with other, non-steady partners, carries little to no risk for HIV transmission. (biomedcentral.com)
  • HIV transmission to female sexual partners of HIV antibody-positive hemophiliacs. (cdc.gov)
  • The risk for HIV transmission during oral sex is substan-tially lower, and the risk during receptive oral intercourse depends on whether ejaculation occurs. (medscape.com)
  • If a person takes medication to make their HIV undetectable, they pose little risk of passing the virus to a partner. (npr.org)
  • A study of youth in a Xhosa township, for example, showed "pervasive male control over almost every aspect of [women's] early sexual experiences," enacted in part through violent and coercive sexual practices ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • DAPHNE KACKLOUDIS: Would you want to have to disclose your sexual practices and your personal health in front of a medical professional and your partner? (npr.org)
  • The study authors called for additional studies to identify the most effective methods for helping youth with HIV adhere to recommendations for safer sex practices. (nih.gov)
  • The infrequency with which information on patients' sexual orientation is collected makes it difficult to conduct research on this population. (frontiersin.org)
  • It is hoped that the training package will play an important role in responding to the need to address sexual orientation and gender identity in the region's response to HIV. (undp.org)
  • 3 In the latter two case-controlled studies HIV seroconversion in PEPSE recipients was 0.6% and 0% compared to 4.2% and 2.7% in controls, supporting its putative efficacy. (bmj.com)
  • A few case reports of HIV seroconversion (body producing HIV antibodies) in persons whose only known risk factor was sexual assault have been reported. (medscape.com)
  • Multiple challenges in conducting good quality epidemiological surveys on people with disabilities require innovative methods to better understand the link between disability and HIV. (bmj.com)
  • This paper describes how the design and methods of the HandiVIH study were adapted to document the vulnerability of people with disabilities to HIV, and to compare their situation with that of people without disabilities. (bmj.com)
  • T-GBMSM seem to share some HIV acquisition risk factors with their cisgender counterparts. (lww.com)
  • Adolescent girls and young women (aged 15-24) in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are at a much higher risk of HIV acquisition compared to young men ( 1 , 2 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • 55 % considered themselves to be at low risk for HIV acquisition. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The man was charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault. (cornwallfreenews.com)
  • Sexual assault is defined as any unwanted sexual contact. (medscape.com)
  • The emergency physician faces several priorities in the management of a sexual assault victim, including ensuring the immediate medical and psychosocial well-being of the patient, addressing the legalities and patient wishes with respect to legal reporting of the incident, collecting evidence, and ensuring follow-up care for the victim. (medscape.com)
  • Sexual assault victims come from all socioeconomic, racial, and age groups. (medscape.com)
  • Data describing sexual assault victims who acquire HIV are limited, with only a few case reports. (medscape.com)
  • The risk of contracting HIV during sexual assault is low but present. (medscape.com)
  • [ 5 ] and because sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) maybe more prevalent in victims of sexual assault than in the general population. (medscape.com)
  • Key findings from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys show that gay and bisexual men are also taking a number of critical steps to negotiate relationships, sex and HIV risk. (edu.au)
  • And the other person has a right to know and has a right to be party to the decision to engage in the sexual conduct. (npr.org)
  • Continued investment in developing innovative approaches to engage gay and bisexual men in HIV and STI health promotion through various online and mobile platforms should be prioritised. (edu.au)
  • Affirmative consent is defined as affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. (gamutonline.net)
  • Men who have sex with men (abbreviated as MSM, also known as males who have sex with males) are males who engage in sexual activities with members of the same sex, regardless of how they personally identify themselves. (wikipedia.org)
  • The course draws on ITM's comprehensive expertise in sexual and reproductive health, maternal and newborn health, HIV/STI including epidemiological, social science and health systems perspectives, and builds on the rich exchange of experience between students from many different regions. (itg.be)
  • In fact, several epidemiological studies involving prostate cancer patients from sexual minorities have demonstrated varying rates of prostate cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment ( 5 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Measures included CSA (self-report of sexual abuse prior to age 18, yes/no), and continuous scores for resilience (10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale), depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), and Quality of Life (QOL) (adapted Medical Outcome Study-HIV Short Form). (confex.com)
  • However, they have often been left behind in the HIV response, probably because of the lack of reliable epidemiological data measuring this vulnerability. (bmj.com)
  • BASHH aims to champion and promote good sexual health and provide information to the public. (bashh.org)
  • However, the current rate of improvement is insufficient to meet the ambitious 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services. (itg.be)
  • They outline two main conditions that must be met in order for such a strategy to be effective: First, both partners must test negative for HIV and disclose these results to each other. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Increasing linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV services can also lessen stigma and discrimination. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • Did you know that one in seven people who are HIV positive don't know it? (interiorhealth.ca)
  • The researchers noted that young people who did not take anti-HIV medication regularly were more likely to subsequently initiate sexual activity than were those who took their medication as prescribed. (nih.gov)
  • Encouraging the involvement of key populations and young people to advocate for sexual and reproductive health and human rights. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • The Time Has Come" is a training package for health providers to reduce stigma in health care settings, as well as to enhance HIV, STI and other sexual health services for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people in Asia and the Pacific. (undp.org)
  • In the present times, there is no cure for the disease, but there are antiretroviral drugs that assist HIV positive people to have healthier lives. (male-rape.org.uk)
  • Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to determine which of several independent variables best predicted both unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with a non-steady partner and lack of HIV testing in the past year (high-risk outcome group). (biomedcentral.com)
  • No, this report covers only sexual intercourse with opposite-sex partners. (cdc.gov)
  • The latest report by UNSW's Centre for Social Research in Health shows increasing use of HIV medications to prevent the spread of HIV by gay and bisexual men. (edu.au)
  • In the meantime, the young state has totally disintegrated, leading to fears that HIV will spread because of the fragile infrastructure and lack of health services. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • The studies that are described in this thesis fill gaps in knowledge concerning risk factors that are crucial in the spread of STI/HIV, but have received little attention in the literature. (eur.nl)
  • All mothers known to be HIV infected shall be encouraged to breastfeed their infants exclusively for the first six months of life, introduce appropriate complementary foods thereafter as per IYCF, PMTCT and ART guidelines. (who.int)
  • Their estimate includes victims of sexual abuse in addition to men who regularly or voluntarily have sex with men. (wikipedia.org)