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Brazil Refuses $40 Million in U.S. AIDS Grants to Protest Policy Requiring Groups to Condemn Commercial Sex Work

Brazilian officials last week said that the country has refused $40 million in U.S. AIDS grants because of a Bush administration requirement that HIV/AIDS organizations seeking funding to provide services in other countries must pledge to oppose... Read more »

USAID Response Fails to Condemn Laws That Criminalize HIV

Does USAID support laws that criminalize HIV? In February, the Update published a piece about how the U.S. government had pumped $35 million into a USAID program that produced a model HIV criminalization law in Africa. We know these laws... Read more »

U.N. Should Condemn Promotion of Unproven Treatments for HIV/AIDS in Gambia, Iran, Human Rights Watch Says

Human Rights Watch in an article published last week in Globalization and Health said that the United Nations and its member countries are not doing enough to address the dangers posed by claims of HIV/AIDS cures and counterfeit antiretroviral... Read more »

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Condom Broke: HIV+ bottom, HIV- Top... Chance of infection?

Hi Robert,First, I want to thank you for being such an incredible resource for those of us out here who are trying to find information on HIV. I was diagnosed as positive a year and a half ago and you've been there since week one. So thanks,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Thanks for your very kind comments!Regarding your negative top-gun stud, condom failure does place him at some degree of risk for HIV. Certainly that you are on effective combination antiretroviral therapy that has driven your plasma HIV viral... Read more »

it broke my heart when i heard what it means to be a hiv/aids victem

it was on today's news that the government of my country is going to start treating people with anti-aids medication. but they will start treating people with a "stage 3" level of aids. what does it mean to be a stage 3 sufferer?...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your question.I can't be certain, but one grading scale for severity of HIV disease is the Center for Disease Control's (USA)-- in this scheme, persons have category A, B or C, depending on their health.Category A are... Read more »

What are meds that will work for those who are broke

I have a friend with very advanced HIV. She has been pos for 13 years and only took meds for a few years. Her current cd4 count is 3 and her vl is in the millions. She has had a cd4 count below 19 for the last 3 years and doesnt focus on her hiv...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thank you for your post.It indeed seems like your friend is desperately ill with symptomatic AIDS. I'm suspecting that she likely has multi-drug resistant virus, though you've not commented on this.A central issue for her is establishing... Read more »

condom broke with pro

Shannon, I posted this earlier;http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Q223159.htmlThanks for answering my question so quickly. The reason I was being selfish is I'm married. Reason I went to a pro is because haven't had sex in going on...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiFor other sexually transmitted infections the usual is pain in the pelvic area, pain when urinating, discharge from your penis. For HIV symptoms are similar to the flu, low grade fever, diarrhea, fatigue, rash, but as you can see these are... Read more »

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condom broke can cause HIV ?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello I had weared the condom but I didn't put in. I was just rubbing my penis with her thyes but unfortuntely the condom broke. But there was no fluid or pre cum was there.
Now I found after 4 weeks that there very very small ulcer (pin head size)... Read more »

condom broke - got herpes

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

Hey,
My case seems somewhat different from others at least to me. I contracted herpes as a result of 30 seconds exposure to sex worker's vagina during intercourse as the condom broke. I have not been feeling well ever since. I have not had any... Read more »

Im HIV-; Condom Broke; dont know his status

Posted by tamster2k, 1 Reply

HI! I am new. I do all that I can to be safe now that I am divorced and active again. I have had sex with two people, unprotected, in monogomus relationships. At first I was tested once a month for three months. Then I go every three months. I... Read more »

condon broke... what are the risk?

Posted by caliztony, 3 Replies

I am HIV+ , my boyfriend is HIV(-) We use protection all the time, couple of weeks ago the condon broke while I was being the top and we did not realized until it was to late (we already finish the climax)
I have been undetectable with CD4 on the... Read more »

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