HIV Health and Wellness

From Online Assessment to Multimedia Stories, TheBodyPRO.com Answers Practitioners' Question: 'Is PrEP, the HIV Prevention Pill, Right for My Patient?'

Designed for busy primary care providers, as well as specialists, these resources offer accurate, clear and concise information and strategies for identifying the latest techniques in HIV prevention and care and connecting patients to them.

US: Gender identity and HIV prevention: What will be taught in Washington’s public schools?

Washington’s new recommendations for teaching K-12 students about gender identity have seen rejuvenated debate

Liberia's HIV Catch up Plan Suffers Setbacks

Dr. Miriam Chipimo, in a meeting with journalists from Anti-AIDS Media Network Tuesday at her office in Monrovia, outlined impediments to the country's HIV catchup plan as scanty tests, low treatment opportunities for people living with HIV and AIDS, including other key populations, health facilities not user friendly, and failure of state actors to properly use donor funds in priority areas as some of the challenges in meeting the catchup plan envisaged in the global target of 90, 90, 90.

Understanding sex and gender through the category of intersex

In this very special post by guest author Arpita Das (@ms_arpita), sex and gender are discussed from an intersex perspective. Arpita is a PhD researcher at the University of Sydney’s Department of Gender and Cultural Studies studying intersex rights in India.

US: United Apologizes, Reverses Truvada Policy After HIV Activists Push Back

Following outrage by HIV advocates after UnitedHealthcare sent a rejection letter to a patient seeking Truvada — denying him due to his “high risk homosexual behavior" — the insurer announced Friday it is changing its policy for the daily HIV prevention pill "effective immediately."

US: Local Board bans sexual orientation conversion therapy for minors

The Pima County Board of Supervisors in Arizona approved a resolution banning paid sexual orientation "conversion therapy" for minors.The decision made Tuesday echoes decisions in nine other states that have made conversion therapy illegal and takes the public stance that sexual identity is not a disorder or mental illness.