HIV Media Digest 3 Jul

In this edition:

• HIV -- Australia (2 items)
• HIV -- Region (8 items)
• HIV -- International (2 items)
• HIV -- Treatments (1 item)
• HIV -- Prevention (3 items)
• HIV Criminalisation (2 items)
• Friday Viral Video (2 items)
• Sexual Health (2 items)
• Infectious Diseases (1 item)
• GLBTI News (3 items)

HIV -- Australia

AIDS council seeks sex worker care coordinator [1]

ABC News, 2 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] acon [3] newcastle [4] nsw [5] sex-workers [6]

The AIDS Council of New South Wales has begun advertising for an integrated care coordinator to support street-based sex workers in Islington.

Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614864.htm [7]

ACON: A Closer Look [8]

SameSame.com.au, 1 Jul

Tags: hiv-sector [9] acon [3] clayton,stevie [10]

?They have too many staff?, ?they all get paid too much?, ?they?re swallowing up smaller community groups?, ?they don?t spend enough money on HIV?, ?their posters are everywhere?... just some of the complaints we hear about ACON.

Continues: http://www.samesame.com.au/features/4223/ACON-A-Closer-Look.htm [11]

HIV -- Region

HIV case has 'created stigma' for those infected [12]

New Zealand Herald (NZ), 2 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] nz [13] criminal-law [14] deliberately-infected [15] mills,glenn [16] stigma [17] nzaf [18]

Publicity given to the man charged with intentionally infecting people with HIV has created a stigma for those living responsibly with the virus [19]A small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell..

Continues: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=1058... [20]

Faith preaches diet over drugs for HIV patients [21]

Fiji Times (Fiji), 2 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] fiji [22] religion [23] treatment-interruption [24]

A NEW religion is causing HIV+ people to abandon anti-retroviral therapy (ART), much to the medical profession's dismay.

Continues: http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=124697 [25]

Wellington guys quizzed on condoms [26]

GayNZ.com (NZ), 2 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] nz [13] nzaf [18] safe-sex [27] condoms [28] health-promotion [29]

With its website just days away from a major re-launch, and new condom campaigns in the works, the NZ AIDS Foundation's community meeting last week was a chance to share research and get feedback from local gay man about their attitude to safer sex.

Continues: http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/5/article_7642.php [30]

Police mull more charges against HIV man [31]

ABC News, 1 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] mills,glenn [16] nz [13] deliberately-infected [15] criminal-law [14]

A New Zealand train driver, charged with deliberately infecting people with HIV, has appeared in court in Auckland.

Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/01/2613854.htm?section=justin [32]

HIV accused set to face more charges [33]

New Zealand Herald (NZ), 1 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] criminal-law [14] deliberately-infected [15] nz [13] mills,glenn [16]

A 40-year-old HIV-positive man who already faces 14 charges relating to infecting people with the virus is set to face further charges.

Continues: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10581849 [34]

West Java declares HIV/AIDS state of emergency [35]

Jakarta Post (Indonesia), 1 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] indonesia [36]

The West Java administration has declared a state of emergency in its fight against HIV/AIDS, with high prevalence among non-risk groups such as homemakers.

Continues: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/07/01/west-java-declares-hivaids... [37]

AIDS Denialism: A South African Tragedy [38]

GayNZ.com (NZ), 1 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] nz [13] denialists [39] safrica [40]

We haven't heard all that much from them in this area of the world, but the AIDS denialist fraternity has caused undeniable heartbreak and misery amongst many groups and individuals, especially in South Africa.

Continues: http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/26/article_7636.php [41]

Sex behaviour remains same [42]

Fiji Times (Fiji), 3 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] fiji [22] sexuality [43]

THE sexual behaviour of young men has not changed in the past eight years, says an academic. USP lecturer Dr Miliakere Kaitani said since her last research in 2001-2002, she found some young men had over 11 sex partners in 12 months.

Continues: http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=124704 [44]

HIV -- International

Most HIV/AIDS carriers don't know they are infected [45]

Jamaica Observer (Jamaica), 2 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] jamaica [46] undiagnosed-hiv [47]

APPROXIMATELY 18,000 or two-thirds of the estimated 27,000 Jamaicans living with HIV/AIDS are unaware that they are infected with the deadly sexually-transmitted disease, Ministry of Health (MOH) data says.

Continues: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20090701T230000-0500_154574_OBS... [48]

Verdict decriminalising gay sex welcome: AIDS control body [49]

Thaindian News (Thailand/India)/IANS, 2 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] india [50] gay-men [51] glbt [52] naco [53] decriminalisation [54] law-reform [55] msm [56] risk-groups [57]

The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) Thursday hailed the Delhi High Court judgment that decriminalises gay sex, saying it would help reach out to the community and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Continues: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/verdict-decriminalising-gay-s... [58]

HIV -- Treatments

WHO paper: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV [59]

AP, 1 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] vaccines [60] children [61] tb [62] who [63]

The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine.

Continues: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jRjEt2UxqbfLvlhAQfa2Tq... [64]

HIV -- Prevention

Testing projects using social networks effective in identifying people with undiagnosed infection [65]

Aidsmap (UK), 1 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] social-networking [66] testing [67] peer-support [68]

A peer-driven strategy in which people with HIV encouraged individuals in their social networks to take an HIV test has proven to be an efficient and effective way to reduce undiagnosed infection, US CDC researchers report.

Continues: http://www.aidsmap.org/en/news/6E053296-6AEA-46F7-BFD4-61AC3AF685FD.asp [69]

Gay men sexually abused in childhood more likely to have risky sex, get HIV [70]

Aidsmap (UK), 1 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] sexual-abuse [71] gay-men [51]

An experience of sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence is associated with an increased risk of gay men becoming HIV-positive in adult life, American researchers report in the July 1st edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

Continues: http://www.aidsmap.org/en/news/6F1B66DE-A1E2-455D-A985-F61F11EC662C.asp [72]

Canadian-made HIV vaccine close to human trial [73]

National Post (Canada), 2 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] vaccines [60] canada [74]

It has been 20 years in the making but researchers at the University of Western Ontario say they're confident their HIV vaccine is only months away from being approved for human trials.

Continues: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1752321 [75]

HIV Criminalisation

Switzerland: Federal Court likely to confirm Geneva HIV exposure acquittal [76]

Criminal HIV Transmission, 1 Jul (BLOG)

Tags: hiv [2] criminal-law [14] swiss-statement [77] switzerland [78] infectivity [79] viral-load [80]

A meeting meeting convened by Group SIDA Geneve (AIDS Geneva) highlighted the importance of the Geneva court's ruling that an HIV-positive person on successful treatment could not be guilty of exposing another person to HIV.

Continues: http://criminalhivtransmission.blogspot.com/2009/07/switzerland-federal-... [81]

Germany: Nadja Benaissa gives TV interview, claims she's been blackmailed [82]

Criminal HIV Transmission, 2 Jul (BLOG)

Tags: hiv [2] criminal-law [14] celebrities [83] germany [84]

Nadja Benaissa, the German pop star who is the highest-profile person ever to have been accused of criminal HIV exposure and transmission yesterday gave her first interview since her arrest - on national TV!

Continues: http://criminalhivtransmission.blogspot.com/2009/07/germany-nadja-benais... [85]

Friday Viral Video

Out & Proud with HIV Responding to Rejection Online [86]

YouTube, 1 Jul

Tags: hiv [2] video [87] martinez,cipri [88] rejection [89] negotiation [90] internet [91] disclosure [92]

Cipri Martinez discusses rejection of people with HIV on online dating sites, and some techniques for dealing with it.

Continues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcbPwO3_IeE [93]

Mario Gets Sick [94]

YouTube, 1 Jul

Tags: video [87] homeless [95] youth [96] hiv [2]

This groundbreaking animation profiles life on the streets and examines how HIV/AIDS impacts the lives of street kids.

Continues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dkvD5D0tA [97]

Sexual Health

Herpes Survey Down Under [98]

Melbourne Community Voice, 1 Jul

Tags: herpes [99] stis [100] survey [101]

A new Australian survey aims to shed light on herpes down under.

Continues: http://mcv.e-p.net.au/news/herpes-survey-down-under-5736.html [102]

HIV-positive gay men in UK still disproportionately affected by syphilis and LGV [103]

Aidsmap (UK), 1 Jul

Tags: stis [100] syphilis [104] lgv [105] hiv [2] gay-men [51]

The resurgent syphilis epidemic in the UK shows no signs of abatement, a new report from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) shows. In 2007, over 3700 cases of the infection were diagnosed, the focus of the epidemic being gay men.

Continues: http://www.aidsmap.org/en/news/536895E8-59F4-4B5B-BA34-D7292F3AE8D5.asp [106]

Infectious Diseases

Swine flu parties 'risking lives' [107]

ABC News, 2 Jul

Tags: swine-flu [108] influenza [109] h1n1 [110] children [61]

Parents in the UK are taking their children to 'swine flu parties' hoping they will get the virus now and therefore build up their immunity.

Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614331.htm [111]

GLBTI News

Gay sex 'not criminal' in India [112]

BBC News (UK), 2 Jul

Tags: glbt [52] india [50] homosexuality [113] law-reform [55] hiv [2]

A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act.

Continues: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm [114]

New Delhi court rules gay sex legal [115]

WA Today, 2 Jul

Tags: glbt [52] india [50] law-reform [55] homosexuality [113] hiv [2] naz-foundation [116]

A top Indian court has issued a landmark ruling decriminalising gay sex between consenting adults, overturning colonial-era legislation that outlawed homosexuality.

Continues: http://www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news-world/new-delhi-court-rules-gay-... [117]

India's ban on gay sex overturned after 150 years [118]

The Age, 3 Jul

Tags: glbt [52] india [50] law-reform [55] decriminalisation [54] naz-foundation [116] hiv [2] msm [56]

LAWS dating back to the British Raj that banned gay sex have been overturned in a landmark judgment in India's capital.

Continues: http://www.theage.com.au/world/indias-ban-on-gay-sex-overturned-after-15... [119]