Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), 01 October, 2015 The WHO Guideline on when to start antiretroviral therapy and on pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, released 30 September, recommends that everyone diagnosed with HIV should be offered immediate antiretroviral therapy (ART), and all people at ‘substantial’ risk of HIV should be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)...
By SASHA on 17/6,/2015 The World Health Organisation has just published a new report, Sexual health, human rights and the law, which draws on evidence to “show how states in different parts of the world can and do support sexual health through legal and other mechanisms that are consistent with human rights standards and their own human rights obligations”. From the report:...
POZ, October 20 2014
World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines cautioning against oral birth control for HIV-positive women taking antiretrovirals may be overly broad, according to new research.
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Reuters,Tue Oct 7, 2014 1:01pm EDT
Sex could keep the Ebola epidemic alive even after the World Health Organization (WHO) declares an area free of the disease.
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2014 Guidance statement
WHO, July 2014
The World Health Organization is issuing its contraceptive eligibility guidance for women at high risk of HIV and women living with HIV, in advance of the entire guideline revision. It is anticipated that the revised fifth edition of the MEC will be completed in 2015.
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