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The studies demonstrating that U=U is an effective strategy for preventing HIV transmission in serodiscordant couples so long as "the partner living with HIV [has] a durably suppressed viral load" include: [88] Opposites Attract, [89] PARTNER 1, [43] PARTNER 2, [90] [91] (for male–male couples) [88] and HPTN052 [92] (for heterosexual couples ...
The United States President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief ( PEPFAR) is a United States governmental initiative to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and help save the lives of those suffering from the disease. Launched by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003, as of May 2020, PEPFAR has provided about $90 billion in cumulative funding for ...
Established in 1982, Terrence Higgins Trust was the first charity in the UK to be set up in response to HIV and AIDS. [ 8] It was initially named Terry Higgins Trust, [ 9] after Terry Higgins, who died aged 37 on 4 July 1982 at St Thomas' Hospital, London. He was among the first people in the UK known to have died from the AIDS virus, which was ...
The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), a registered UK charity, [ 1] is an international network run for and by HIV positive women. ICW was established to support programs designed to safeguard and improve the quality of life for women living with HIV. ICW Global [ 2] operates in 120 countries through ten regional ...
An estimated 0.7% [0.6-0.8%] of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV, although the burden of the epidemic continues to vary considerably between countries and regions. The WHO African Region remains most severely affected, with nearly 1 in every 25 adults (3.4%) living with HIV and accounting for more than two-thirds of the ...
Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) is a message used in HIV campaigns. It means that if someone has an undetectable viral load, they cannot sexually transmit HIV to others. [1] U=U is supported by numerous health groups and organisations worldwide, including the World Health Organization (WHO). [2] The validity of U=U has been proven through ...
Partner notification. Partner notification is the practice of notifying the sexual partners of a person, known as the "index case", who has been newly diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection that they may have been exposed to the infection. It is a kind of contact tracing and is considered a partner service .
The magazine was founded in 1994 by Sean Strub, an HIV-positive and openly gay businessman and activist. Before launching POZ, Strub was involved with numerous social issues, including politics, environmentalism, civil rights, LGBT rights, and HIV/AIDS. He is now executive director of the Sero Project, which focuses on ending inappropriate ...