French study found that community sexual health counsellors often encountered confusion about the on-demand schedule and suggested a unified message about when to start and stop PrEP. Such an approach could be especially relevant as people change their sexual behaviour and PrEP use in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
South Africa: Running Battle - Hope for Caster Semenya As UN Body Adopts Report On Discrimination in Sports
It was good news last week for 2016 Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya and other female athletes fighting discrimination in the international sports arena. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released a South African-sponsored report in favour of the 'elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport'.
UN expert calls for global ban on practices of so-called “conversion therapy”
MSM living in African countries that criminalise gay sex are at a much higher risk of getting HIV
UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course
Missed targets have resulted in 3.5 million more HIV infections and 820 000 more AIDS-related deaths since 2015 than if the world was on track to meet the 2020 targets. In addition, the response could be set back further, by 10 years or more, if the COVID-19 pandemic results in severe disruptions to HIV services.