Workshop for peer educators on HIV/AIDS ends at Asikuma

Mr Richard Dela Dankey, Deputy Co-ordinating Director of Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District, gave the advice at a two-day workshop for pupils from 20 private schools who are peer educators on HIV/AIDS.

Q: undetectable with below 20 copies and cd4 400, no sti should i be worried about transmitting HIV to my negative partner

A: This is an important question. Until recently the answer would be we do not know. However, results of a study done mostly in the developing world and involving heterosexual discordant (HIV+ and HIV-) couples showed that treating the HIV+ with HIV meds reduced transmission of HIV almost completely...

$5k Shortfall for Charity Transatlantic Row

The Spirit of Malabo, a 24’ ocean rowboat, arrives in Brooklyn, New York next week aboard MSC Krystal from Brazil. The vessel will be the engine behind a global HIV testing campaign during a transatlantic row later this year from the Canary Islands ...

HIV in Africa: Five strategies reversing the epidemic

Douglas Cobb

There have been five strategies that have proven to be successful in halting and even reversing the HIV epidemic in Africa, according to Michel Sidibe, the Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). “Africa has been relentless in its quest to turn the AIDS epidemic around,” Sidibe said. Sidibe points to five strategies [...]

ASK LAMBDA LEGAL: HIV disclosure

Scott Schoettes

Q: I was online and reading about people getting prosecuted for having sex because they didn't tell their partner they had HIV. What are the realities behind HIV-status disclosure and the law?

By Monica Vaughan Tri-County Newspapers Two hundred bicycle riders and support crew popped up tents in the field behind Williams High School on Friday night on the end of the second day of a tour that raises funds for local HIV and AIDS services....