UNAIDS Asia-Pacific

Monthly Archives: April 2018

Mawlamyine, 20 to 21 April 2018 – Innovative practices in implementing HIV programmes at the city-level were at the center of discussions during an ASEAN regional consultation meeting held in Mawlamyine, Myanmar. Some of the best practices cited were having same day diagnosis and treatment for people living with HIV (PLHIV) to reduce loss to follow-up and creating a ‘one-stop’ shop approach that is targeted towards the need of men who have… Read More

Catch up on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex news and issues around Asia and the Pacific in this latest edition of Equal Eyes. March 2018 HIV, Health, and Wellness: In Australia’s state of New South Wales, a PrEP trial was so successful in recruiting participants, that researchers petitioned the government to double enrollment. With higher participation, they announced that new HIV infections had declined by a third over the previous year. As of… Read More