Peer education is effective at any age and would be a good alternative to HIV education. Young people should undergo training to become peer educators, because they are more likely to get the attention and investment of other youth; far more than adult educators would. After all, teens identify with other teens more than anyone […]
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The more people take anti-HIV treatment, and the sooner they start, the more new infections are averted Expanded use of antiretroviral therapy – accompanied by good adherence – has the potential to significantly reduce the spread of HIV, according to the results of a mathematical model developed by Canadian researchers and published in the July […]
March 11 (Bernama) — Executive Director of the joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidib said Wednesday here that the current global AIDS epidemic is still very severe and the international community should pay sufficient attention on AIDS prevention and control. In his speech at a news conference at the United […]
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UNAIDS believes that drug users can be protected from becoming infected with HIV if comprehensive, evidence-informed and human-rights-based interventions are made accessible to all drug users. “Effective harm reduction approaches include access to clean needles, opioid substitution therapy for opiate users, access to antiretroviral therapy and reducing sexual transmission of HIV from drug users to […]
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