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This National HIV Testing Day, We Must Do More Than Just Tell Young People to Get Tested
Advocate Armonte Butler explains what providers, health centers, and legislators can do to make sure youth have access to prevention tools.
Blessed Be the Bottom: How to Make Anal Sex Safe and Pleasurable
Bottoming expert Mason offers a guide for the anally receptive, to enhance your -- and your top's -- safety, comfort, and pleasure.
Stop Blaming PrEP for the Rise in STIs -- the Picture Is More Complex Than That
"PrEP must not be cast as the lone villain in the syphilis crisis, nor MSM engaging in chemsex cast as debauched vectors of transmission."
States Innovate to Expand PrEP Availability and Uptake
As part of comprehensive efforts to reduce the number of new HIV infections, some states are innovating to make HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) more accessible to individuals at high risk of HIV.
The U.S. Takes a First but Long Overdue Step Toward Building a National PrEP Program
On Nov. 20, 2018, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation that could transform HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) scale-up in the United States.
AVAC at HIVR4P: How We Carry On
"Every member of the AVAC team in Madrid was moved and motivated by the Madrid conference," AVAC writes. "We know the work is not easy, nor is the world."
AVAC at HIVR4P 2018, Update 2: The World Is Not a Nail
"As this HIVR4P conference enters its final day," AVAC writes, "we feel like it's safe to say that this conference heralded an energized, nuanced commitment to choice."
Three Most Recent International AIDS Society Presidents Reflect on the State of Global PrEP Access
Three of the most recent presidents of the International AIDS Society discussed how far we've come in the three years since they jointly wrote an article in The Lancet calling for greater global access to PrEP.
Prevention Research Funding Report 2017: Investment Slows and Continues to Concentrate in a Few Funders!
A new report issued at this year's HIVR4P conference states that flat and/or reduced funding for HIV/AIDS and other global health issues threatens to roll back progress worldwide.
AVAC at HIVR4P 2018, Update 1: #believewomen
"In this first of a series of updates from the conference, we bring you a set of session updates, and this overall observation: #believewomen has no borders."