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via AIDS United HIV IS NOT A CRIME Over half of states criminalize people living with HIV using laws based on inaccurate depictions of HIV risks and transmission routes. For example, some state laws still consider spitting or scratching as...

Hello, my name is... Ieshia Scott. There are several dots NOT because I didn't want to use my name but because I was hesitant due to the many people who are NOT prepared for this day. There are many people...

It's time to say it: in one area, we HIV/AIDS activists have caused more harm than good. I am proud to be one of the few Ugandans to say publicly that I am living positively with HIV. But, in the...

The last couple of weeks I have been weighted down with so much heaviness on my shoulders I didn't know which direction I was headed. Have you ever felt like you just couldn't take life anymore? Wanted to just say...

It's time all clinical trial results are reported. Patients, researchers, pharmacists, doctors and regulators everywhere will benefit from publication of clinical trial results. Wherever you are in the world please sign the petition: Thousands of clinical trials have not reported...

Satellite Event 2015 International AIDS Society Conference Key barriers to treatment access for women: Making fast track a reality Date: Sunday, July 19th, 10:15 AM 12:15 PM Venue: Vancouver Convention Centre, Room 109 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC, V6C 0C3...

It's amazing to me how time waits for no one, and neither does HIV. After a good friend tested positive, I thought to myself … How? Why? I questioned myself as to what did I do wrong? I talked about...

via National Female Condom Coalition Join the NFCC in urging the FDA to update female condom regulations and make new options possible. While a variety of female condoms are safe, effective, and available in a number of countries, people in...

My name is Barbara Kemigisa. I am a single mother living with HIV in Kampala Uganda Africa. I am 29 years old and have passed through different challenges which affect most of our youth today and get them exposed to...

I never imagined that I would witness what I have within the past month... My twins' (my preemie firstborns) Senior Prom and their graduation from high school... My 17 year old finished her two years of cosmetology school... and let...