Three new subjects have been created – relationships education from primary school, relationships and sex education at secondary school, and health education for all ages in which students will learn about the importance of getting enough sleep, the dangers of sexting and how to spot anxiety in their friends.
US: Gay men in New York rate an undetectable viral load as less effective than PrEP
South Africa: Increase in HIV testing among men who have sex with men
Canada: Shifting social norms around what “safer” sex is: perspectives of HIV-negative men
HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) living in Vancouver, Canada are redefining ways to negotiate sexual safety and risk, according to qualitative research recently published by Dr Benjamin Klassen and colleagues in BMC Public Health. Condoms are no longer seen as the only means of preventing HIV infection.
US: NYC advocates call for feds to "break the patent" on PrEP, a lifesaving HIV drug
German minister calls for ban on gay 'conversion therapy'
UNAIDS Consultation on Promoting Human Rights in the HIV Response
UN: Consultation on Human Rights in the HIV response
US: 'Invisible epidemic': progress against HIV leaves young Latino men behind
Compared to national averages, Bronx youngsters are less sexually active, have had fewer lifetime sexual partners and are more likely to have been tested for HIV, according to the CDC. But compared with the four other New York City boroughs, the Bronx has the worst poverty, housing instability, life expectancy and exposure to community violence