Swiss Hiv Pandemic Prevention Plan

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Resuming sex after recent diagnosis (SUPERINFECTION) (DUAL INFECTION) (CO-INFECTION) (REINFECTION) (SWISS REPORT)

My boyfriend and I both tested positive one month ago. Blood tests indicated that we do not have other STDs (thankfully). We have heard mixed things (1) about the need to use condoms if we are monogamous and (2) about how quickly we can resume...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,I would definitely encourage you to continue using condoms to prevent superinfection (reinfection, dual infection). It is possible to acquire a different strain of the virus, which might be more aggressive than the one you are currently dealing... Read more »

Your position on treatment as prevention is not correct (SWISS REPORT, 2010)

Several times you claim that effective treatment decreases the risk but does not eliminate it. Well... Read more »

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Another worried well (*knock on wood) (BUSH HIV PREVENTION PLAN 2007)

I added the knock on wood because I believe in not giving the fates a chance to indulge their love... Read more »

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Belgian Development Minister Plans to Propose European Union Appoint AIDS Envoy to Coordinate E.U. Response to Pandemic

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Mozambique: African Delegates Gather to Plan Joint Response to AIDS Pandemic

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3,500 AIDS Advocates March in Washington, D.C., to Draw Attention to HIV/AIDS Pandemic

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TO: Joe Swiss

Posted by chichi, 2 Replies

hi,

i read your post to me below at the bottom of this page.
in answer to your question about speaking to a "shrink" ....
for me, yes it has helped. i also talk about other things with my "shrink". I do not talk about hiv and testing anymore. it is a... Read more »

sorry joe swiss

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

didnt mean to jump on you, just got very annoyed when I read this message. I too am a person who tested negative (me at about 24 weeks after start of mono symtoms) I also had a low risk exposure. Kissing with possible cuts in mouth while drunk. Not... Read more »

Should I plan for retirement?

Posted by livesinadream, 4 Replies

OK so I'm 25 and have been poz for about 2 years. On meds and healthy, working full time. I'm wondering if I should plan for retirement. You know start a 401K and a roth IRA. I guess my question is what if I don't live to the retirement age of... Read more »

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NO/AIDS Task Force and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invite you to help with a new program for men who have sex with men (MSM) and 18 years and older called SouthPOL+.

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