“Be Informed and Beat STIs”
Kenworth Spar (Rocklands) - Bloemfontein
31st October 2014
09h00 - 14h30
Elton John AIDS Foundation supports Health4Men
A new $7 million grant for the Anova Health Institute’s Health4Men project to address HIV in South Africa’s gay, bisexual and MSM (men who have sex with men) community has been announced in both Washington and Johannesburg. This significant international funding boost to expand MSM-targeted HIV-related services in South Africa is the result of a new partnership between the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Upcoming Webinar: Drug Use and Harm Reduction among MSM
In partnership with Anova Health Institute and Mainline, the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) presents a webinar on drug use and harm reduction among men who have sex with men (MSM). The webinar is intended for a global audience of community-based organizations and healthcare providers who serve MSM but who may not have expertise in harm reduction programming.
FDA Approves Harvoni, Gilead’s Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir Combo Pill for Hepatitis C
On October 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new once-daily combination pill for the treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C containing Gilead Sciences’ HCV nucleotide polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) plus ledipasvir, the first approved HCV NS5A inhibitor.
"Getting to the bottom of married men" by Joe Lean
I zipped through the aisles grabbing the necessary and as I swept a two-litre bottle of milk off the shelf an Adonis checking out the nutritional info on the side of a milk carton stopped me in my tracks.
Getting to the bottom of married men
It was going to be a quick trip to the supermarket. I didn’t even want to go in the first place but I had visitors from Cape Town and they wanted breakfast. Luckily it was early and I got parking right by the entrance of the mall. I zipped through the aisles grabbing the necessary and as I swept a two-litre bottle of milk off the shelf an Adonis checking out the nutritional info on the side of a milk carton stopped me in my tracks.
ED Drugs Associated with Sexual Risk Behaviors and STIs in HIV+ Men
Use of prescription erectile dysfunction (ED) medication was significantly associated with sexual risk behavior in HIV-positive men, according to data presented at IDWeek 2014 by Greer Burkholder, MD, of the Infectious Diseases Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
"Letting my ‘guard’ down" by Anonymous from Pretoria
Shortly before my 28th birthday, I discovered that a friend of mine was HIV positive. He wasn’t a very close friend, but I knew him quite well and it came as a shock to me because he was well educated, intelligent and financially established in the world, and I believed that people like him did not get HIV.
TECHNICAL BRIEFS ON HIV & YOUNG KEY POPULATIONS
To help address the HIV epidemic among young members of key populations, the United Nations Interagency Working Group on Key Populations has produced a series of technical briefs focused on the needs and realities of young men who have sex with men, young people who sell sex, young people who use drugs, and young transgender people.