Two-thirds of new HIV infections are among gay and bisexual men. Although cases have decreased among white men, they have stagnated among communities of color.
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Stigmatised people living with HIV often suffer from fear, depression and abuse. It’s sometimes easier to stop a treatment regime than risk being ostracised or assaulted by the community.
We need a combination of new approaches to reduce age disparate sex. And we need new technologies to protect young women.
The term ‘MSM’ allows public health interventions to gloss over the social, political and cultural complexities of identity. But it’s not without its limitations.
While the majority of monkeypox cases thus far have been recorded among men who have sex with men, everyone is still at risk of contracting the disease.
Declaring monkeypox a national health emergency will allow the U.S. government to direct resources and funds where needed to help slow the spread of the virus.
Stigma and criminalisation of same-sex relationships makes it difficult for transgender women and men who have sex with men to seek preventive services. This compounds their risk for HIV infection.
The government needs to revise national guidelines to better target PrEP at those that would most benefit from it.
Modern factors are seeing a revival of the STI that was once consigned to history.
The HIV epidemic is far from over and it’s not time to disengage, says International Aids Society President Linda-Gail Bekker.
In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa men who have sex with men encounter stigma and prejudice when accessing health services.
South Africa’s data rollout of its pre-exposure prophylaxis shows that there is a relatively slow, but increasing, uptake. However, more needs to be done to target young women.
Top contributors
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Post-doctoral researcher, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Director of Implementation Science, Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer in Public Health and Primary Care, Bangor University
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Public Health Medicine Specialist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Arizona State University
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Professor of Health Studies, University of Richmond
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Post-doctoral research fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, The Ohio State University
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Director, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
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Associate Professor and Director: Research at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute I, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Director at The Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal