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E-consultations LIVING 2012: Informing the Global Advocacy Agenda

mstolk@gnpplus.net (martin stolk) — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:25:14 +0000

Francais en bas / Espanol en bajo

In the lead up to LIVING 2012: The Positive Leadership Summit, the 13^th International Conference for people living with HIV, the Global Network of People living with HIV and the LIVING 2012 partnership are starting further e-consultations as of today, Wednesday 23 May.

The e-consultation can be found at the following link: www.aidsmap.com/living2012.

We invite you to take part in these e-consultations, and help to shape the Global Advocacy Agenda for and by people living with HIV.

Violation of human rights and breaches of medical confidentiality by the Greek Police and Health Authorities

mstolk@gnpplus.net (martin stolk) — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:16:42 +0000

Joint news release GNP+ and NSWP

As part of a Government authorised crackdown on hundreds of unlicensed brothels around Greece, sex workers are being arrested, submitted to forced HIV testing and facing criminal charges without recourse to due process, as well as being publically identified in the media.

As a result of these actions women are to face prosecution on charges of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm merely because they are HIV positive. There is no proof of exposure or transmission to others nor is it clear that any of these women knew their HIV status prior to this test. They are facing further charges for misdemeanours related to alleged illegal prostitution.

GNP+ welcomes new WHO Couple HIV Testing and Counselling Guidelines

mstolk@gnpplus.net (martin stolk) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:02:37 +0000

The Global Network of People living with HIV welcomes the release of the World Health Organization’s “Guidance on Couples HIV Testing and Counselling and Antiretroviral Therapy for Treatment (ART) and Prevention in Serodiscordant Couples: Recommendations for a public health approach”. The new Guidance recommends increased offering of HIV testing and counselling to couples, with support for mutual disclosure. Other recommendations include offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV prevention to HIV-discordant couples.

GNP+ supports the specific attention paid in the Guidance to the sexual and reproductive health and rights of serodiscordant couples. Following a study amongst HIV-discordant couples conducted in 2009[i], GNP+ concluded that the needs of HIV-discordant couples have received insufficient attention in the research and policy agenda.