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Global Female Condom Day
Starting on September 1st, the National Female Condom Coalition is counting down to the first ever Global Female Condom Day which will be on 12 September.
Read more about this global movement and find out how female condoms apply to MSM (men who have sex with men) and their sexual health.
Top2Btm: Changing Manscapes Symposium
The AIDS Priorities symposium focusing on MSM will be held in
Cape Town on the 20 & 21 August 2012 at the Vineyard Hotel and Conference Centre
‘Cure’ research suggests new paths to HIV control
WASHINGTON — Three studies presented Thursday at a major world conference on AIDS show new ways that scientists are striving toward a cure for the three-decade-old disease.
One study focused on a group of 12 patients in France who began treatment on antiretroviral drugs within 10 weeks of becoming infected with human immunodeficiency virus, but then stopped the therapy.
The HIV virus stayed away for a median of six years in the group, known as the Visconti Cohort, which stands for “Virological and Immunological Studies in CONtrollers after Treatment Interruption.”
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“OUT IN AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL 2012” (Part 2) is coming to the big screens again
Health4Men will be hosting the fabulous film “The Skinny”, in both Cape Town and Johannesburg at the festival.
Please come and support OUT IN AFRICA and Health4Men.
(CT & JHB Schedule below)
Have you experienced intimate partner violence?
Have you experienced intimate partner violence? Do you have a story to tell? This is a call for participants for a masters research project. The study is looking for gay men above the age of 18 who have experienced violence in a past relationship with another man. All information is treated in the strictest of confidence. Please email: research@yolan.co.za
OUTRAGE AT MURDER OF GAY MAN
Health4Men, a project of the Anova Health Institute, expresses outrage at the murder of a gay man in Kuruman, in Northern Cape province. Thapelo Makutle, a volunteer with a local gay organisation was gruesomely beheaded on Sunday 10 June after being confronted about his sexuality by his attackers.
This is clearly a hate crime on the basis of sexual identity and an extreme example of the ongoing prejudice and violence perpetuated against gay men in South Africa.
Tik and HIV: A ticking time bomb
The Mail & Gaurdian has reported the latest findings on the street drug crystal methamhpetamine, known as tik, which increases the chance of men who have sex with men to contract HIV by 400%, according to a US study.
The global HIV crisis among MSM and transgender people
The Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) is sounding the alarm on the unprecedented HIV crisis facing gay men, other men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people around the world.